Abby Yochelson writes: “The phrase “books are weapons in the war of ideas” was coined by the publisher W.W. Norton, but it was made popular by President Roosevelt during World War II to contrast with Nazis burning books. One of the best ideas was the distribution of a special series of Armed Services Editions to service personnel during the war. Booksellers, publishers, authors, librarians, and critics formed the Council on Books in Wartime to produce more than 122 million paperbacks for free distribution to U.S. Service Members from 1943–47. This program helped to transform the nature of publishing after the war.”