Burning the Books

Book Review: “Burning the Books” — The Never-ending War on the Preservation of Knowledge

January 25, 2021

Burning the Books sometimes turns into a disturbing chronicle of mankind’s elemental hostility to learning: barbarians often first targeted libraries and archives.

Burning the Books

Book Review: “Burning the Books” — The Never-ending War on the Preservation of Knowledge

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