![James Harvey Robinson. The Mind in the Making James Harvey Robinson. The Mind in the Making](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/57805004d5447da853b9ff6762486f77.jpg)
James Harvey Robinson. The Mind in the Making. Armed Services Edition [C-63]. UVa
David G. Wittels noted that many GI's were surprisingly interested in the workings of the human mind.
![Robert H. Thouless, How to Think Straight Robert H. Thouless, How to Think Straight](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/93112ba5537b5ed7cebb39a0709e4fe8.jpg)
Robert H. Thouless. How to Think Straight. Armed Services Edition [G-193]. UVa
![Paul Eduard Miller, ed., Esquire's Jazz Book, 1944<br />
Paul Eduard Miller, ed., Esquire's Jazz Book, 1944<br />](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/426ef1e7ea2f34bb14e9e52524f28919.jpg)
Paul Eduard Miller, ed. Esquire's Jazz Book (1944). Armed Services Edition [676]. UVa
Big band jazz reached its apogee during the war. Service personnel who missed the sounds of home could compensate by reading about such big band maestros as Benny Goodman.
![Michael MacDougall, Danger in the Cards Michael MacDougall, Danger in the Cards](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/3660050b0f625b352ea4769fc05c5e27.jpg)
Michael MacDougall. Danger In the Cards: How to Spot a Crooked Gambler. Armed Services Edition [H-223]. UVa
Not every ASE can easily be categorized by subject matter. The UVa and LC copies may be the only survivors of this edition of Webster's New Handy Dictionary.
![M. Lincoln Schuster, ed. A Treasury of the World's Great Letters M. Lincoln Schuster, ed. A Treasury of the World's Great Letters](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/64ae83fafaf165bbdd422c4e6167f123.jpg)
M. Lincoln Schuster, ed. A Treasury of the World's Great Letters. Armed Services Edition [M-24]. UVa
![Webster's New Handy Dictionary Webster's New Handy Dictionary](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/a561777b2b088e4f35057b051daaa2f9.jpg)
Webster's New Handy Dictionary. Armed Services Edition [717]. UVa
![James Gunn. Deadlier Than the Male James Gunn. Deadlier Than the Male](https://explore.lib.virginia.edu/files/fullsize/b15876277674162653cc13e8f07c2d2b.jpg)
James Gunn. Deadlier Than the Male. Armed Services Edition [946]. BAP
Every ASE carried the same message on the inside front cover, emphasizing the special nature and limited distribution of books published in the series.