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cbabe

(4,806 posts) Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:24 PM Mar 14

Book and Dagger: How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of world war II

By Elyse Graham

HarperCollins, 2024

Parallels from then to now are striking: mass firings, whispers/fake news, book bans and burnings, takeover of media and universities, etc.

True story. Inspiring, gripping, rigorous research, very readable ‘thriller’.

There’s a reason Tesla is crashing in Germany. They know what’s happening.

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Book and Dagger: How scholars and librarians became the unlikely spies of world war II (Original Post) cbabe Mar 14 OP

Just picked it up at library today. displacedvermoter Mar 14 #1

Thanks for rec. I'm now #31-ish on hold for an ebook at my library. txwhitedove Mar 14 #2

You're welcome. Hard to wait for a book. My library has it as a book of the month with lots of copies. Lucky me. cbabe Mar 14 #3

There were books available, but I chose to wait for an ebook since I'm still currently reading txwhitedove Mar 15 #4

Sounds good. I'll check it out, so to speak. Cheers. cbabe Mar 15 #5

displacedvermoter

(3,629 posts)

1. Just picked it up at library today.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 07:25 PM

Mar 14

My wife and I are both retired librarians, should be exciting to read.

txwhitedove

(4,094 posts)

2. Thanks for rec. I'm now #31-ish on hold for an ebook at my library.

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:11 PM

Mar 14

cbabe

(4,806 posts)

3. You're welcome. Hard to wait for a book. My library has it as a book of the month with lots of copies. Lucky me.

Reply to txwhitedove (Reply #2)

Fri Mar 14, 2025, 09:45 PM

Mar 14

txwhitedove

(4,094 posts)

4. There were books available, but I chose to wait for an ebook since I'm still currently reading

Reply to cbabe (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 15, 2025, 12:05 AM

Mar 15

Looking at Women Looking at War, Victoria Amelina a war crimes researcher and chronicler of the war in Ukraine. Very good, some scary parallels to situations of disinformation, news, etc to what is happening in US now.

cbabe

(4,806 posts)

5. Sounds good. I'll check it out, so to speak. Cheers.

Reply to txwhitedove (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 15, 2025, 10:33 AM

Mar 15

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