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crankypants · 12-31-2015, 10:22 AM

Book: "The War in the Pacfic. Strategy and Command: The first Two Years." http://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/5/5-1.html

I thought books created by the US Military and US gov't are public domain immediately, unless of course they are about something top secret.

It's not clear if this was created by the US military even though it is on US military sites. How do I confirm the copyright status of this book? I would like to convert it to EPUB but I don't want to take anyone's rights away to claim them as my own.

Thank you.

12-31-2015, 10:22 AM	#1
crankypants Hmm. Posts: 124 Karma: 2016606 Join Date: Oct 2015 Device: Android 4.2 Google Play Reader	How to find copyright info on WW2 book? Book: "The War in the Pacfic. Strategy and Command: The first Two Years." http://history.army.mil/catalog/pubs/5/5-1.html I thought books created by the US Military and US gov't are public domain immediately, unless of course they are about something top secret. It's not clear if this was created by the US military even though it is on US military sites. How do I confirm the copyright status of this book? I would like to convert it to EPUB but I don't want to take anyone's rights away to claim them as my own. Thank you. Last edited by crankypants; 12-31-2015 at 10:33 AM.