So if the Victory Book Campaign collected ted million in 1942 a very small portion would be paperback and that was on the publishers they did not want to do print paperbacks that accosted river between 2. 50 and 3. 50 so they to make of better profit with the card books of day did not want to print a hard book even the bookstore could make more of a profit off of hard cover but they realized this is a special circumstance we need to do our part for the men who are fighting. So they decided they poured pretty special book just for the troops just for those overseas so they would sell the books really to read army and navy and they could distribute them around the world. Sova had to look like a book that never existed before so they got rid of the hardcover and also reduced the size of books and the larger size paperback was four and a half by six and half. They could not print them this tiny as most are eight by 10 inches the publishers had to figure out how to print them and turn to a
The way their drones operated on a regular battlefield they were carrying out assassinations but the british argued that was within the laws of war and he would rather have a targeted strike on the battlefield. They described in the British Press release following suspects for seven hours in filming them and choosing the moment of killing, that makes a lot of people uncomfortable that regular warfare is as much fascination today. I dont know whether the public realizes it is shifted in direction but the reality is thats what youre going to get. I spoke to quite a few commanders who said thats what we want. We want targeted killings. We want to kill the one guy on the battlefield not the 60 we have to kill to get to him. There was a moral case for droughts. Drones. You are outlining the moral case for drones here. What is it lack. I would say within the laws of war on the regular battlefield there are issues with drones what they call they are very bad in dynamic situations and they kil
All of our projects are tragedy because we no tragedy is a tool. But im sure, is a tool, too. Talk to us in 20 years. Thank you so much. Hello. How are you . First of all, just thank you for the wonderful, wild, cosmic, strange, fantastic reading. I think everybody feels the same about it. We are very touched and involved emotionally with what you were saying. And about account i just related posted to the part about dying in hospital. My father recently passed away, and he was not a soldier but he was a high priest in judaism. So i was listening very carefully when youre talking about the studying of hebrew. And also i think there was a point we mentioned w. H. I wouldnt in dover beach, the poem. Its a very wonderful thing a last stand about a good armies clashing by night, might want to do that in sometime. And thats alas, theres counseling nothing inappropriate for south florida. So when you go to the bar, go crazy. We will take that to heart when they go out tonight. Thank you. Tha
During World War II, American soldiers were provided with specially designed pocket-sized paperbacks called the Armed Services Editions. These books, totaling around 120 million copies, were intended to help soldiers pass the time and remind them of what they were fighting for. The program aimed to promote the free exchange of ideas and contrasted American ideals with Nazi book burnings. The books were distributed for free and boosted the popularity of certain authors.