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Andrew Pettegree is a professor of modern history at the University of St. Andrews. A leading expert on the history of book and media transformations, Pettegree is the award-winning author of several books on news and information culture, including The Library: A Fragile History (with Arthur der Weduwen). He lives in Scotland.
"""A richly detailed cultural history."" --Kirkus ""Books create; wars destroy. Yet The Book at War shows how inextricably entwined the two have always been. Illuminating."" --Judith Flanders, author of A Place For Everything ""Rich, authoritative and highly readable, Andrew Pettegree's tour de force will appeal to anyone for whom, whatever the circumstances, books are an abiding, indispensable part of life."" --David Kynaston, author of Till Time's Last Sand ""In modern warfare, books provide poignant witness statements as well as admonitory propaganda. They are weapons of war, composed by soldiers, studied by civilians, but also thrown into the fire. In his own impressive book, Andrew Pettegree shows how words could be blood-curdling and texts blood-spattered. Read on in order to turn the pages of war and peace."" --Peter Fritzsche, author of Hitler's First Hundred Days"
