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Information Hunters: When Librarians, Soldiers, and Spies Banded Together in World War II Europe by Kathy Peiss

3.0

Information Hunters is a non-fiction account of how spies, librarians, and soldiers contributed to the victory in World War II Europe through the finding, use, and sometimes destruction of written materials. This was the first time that there was an intentional effort to use information as part of the war effort in this way. It really highlights how war is fought through the cultural overtaking of other people. I enjoyed being introduced to real people in history whose contribution to the war efforts were bookish! Reading this via audiobook really helped bring the content to life; for me, it would have felt dry otherwise. I think this would be a great book for anyone who is interested in World War II or in information sciences.