id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-15849 Greene, Harlan Knuth, Rebecca. Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2006. 233 p. $39.95 (ISBN 0275990079). LC 2006-2747. 2007-01-01 2 .pdf application/pdf 1283 53 52 The final section examines the fates of libraries in times of war, revolution, and power vacuums. In summary, this provocative, well- written, well-edited, and thoroughly documented study deserves a place on the “must read” list of any academic librarian interested in the history of libraries, the social implications of Western notions of literacy, and/or the provision of library services to aboriginal peoples. cache/crl-15849.pdf txt/crl-15849.txt