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When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II Fiction_Gift_Guide revealed in the things theyNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. While the Nazis were burning hundreds of millions of books across Europe, America printed and shipped 140 million books to its troops. The "heartwarming" story of how an army of librarians and publishers lifted spirits and built a new democratic audience of readers is as inspiring today as it was then (New York Times). When America entered World War II in 1941, we faced an enemy that had banned and burned 100 million books.