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thedrifter
11-06-02, 03:55 PM
NEWS RELEASE from the United States Department of Defense

No. 568-02
(703)697-5131(media)
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 6, 2002
(703)428-0711(public/industry)

MAJOR PUBLISHERS REVIVE FREE BOOKS FOR U.S. TROOPS ABROAD

Three major book publishers are kicking off a historic revival
of the "Armed Services Editions" (ASE) with a giveaway at the
Pentagon on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2002, at 11 a.m. EST.

First published in 1943, more than 123 million paperback books
were handed out to U.S. troops overseas. More than 1,300 titles
were published, including mysteries, biographies, crime stories,
adventure novels, and classic works of literature by such
authors as Hemingway, Steinbeck, and Melville. The original
ASEs were discontinued in 1947 after WWII troops returned home.

Hyperion, Simon & Schuster, and Dover Publications will join
together in publishing and distributing free "cargo pocket" size
books, which will have the same vinatage appearance as the
original ASEs to U.S troops throughout the world, including
Afghanistan, the Middle East, Cuba, Asia, and Europe, as well as
forces stationed on forward deployed U.S. warships. More than
100,000 copies of the following four titles will be sent to U.S.
forces abroad through December:

"Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes from the
Civil War to the Present," by Allen Mikaelian, with commentary
by Mike Wallace (Hyperion, 2002).

"Henry V," by William Shakespeare (Dover, 2002).

"The Art of War," by Sun Tzu (Dover, 2002).

"War letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars,"
edited by Andrew Carroll (Washington Square Press/Simon &
Schuster, 2002).

Books will continue to be distributed for as long as they can be
funded, and, ideally, new titles will be added to the list. For
further information or questions, please contact Andrew Carroll
at (202) 338-1109 or warletterproject@aol.com:
mailto:warletterproject@aol.com .

Sempers,

Roger