Pocket Guide to Postmodernism

Original war time U.S. War and Navy Departments first editions. Pocket Guide books for 18 countries. These guidebooks were prepared by the U.S. War and Navy Departments to educate American soldiers stationed overseas during the conflict. It includes points on culture, language (including slang), local history, and the military justification for American presence in the area; in this sense these pocket books are a unique distillation of American wartime policy, composed by the highest decision-makers in government for the soldiers actually setting foot on foreign soil. …