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Publishers Arming Troops Overseas With Free Books
From: The Washington Post
Date: 20021222
Author:Steve Vogel
Shakespeare and Sun Tzu will be accompanying U.S. troops into combat should the Bush administration launch an attack against Iraq.
In an echo of World War II, several publishers have begun a major distribution of free books to U.S. troops abroad.
About 2,000 books were given away Dec. 11 on the Pentagon's concourse to enthusiastic takers. Thousands more were handed out the next day in Norfolk aboard the guided-missile frigate USS Nicholas.
About 100,000 copies of four books, including William Shakespeare's "Henry V" and "The Art of War" by Chinese strategist Sun Tzu, are being sent this month ...
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