Fore-edge corner tips are softened and lightly scuffed but not rubbed through, small bump on the lower fore-edge corner of back panel.

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An advance copy of the author's first book, with a printed presentation card from the publisher laid in. Kennedy's senior thesis at Harvard examining the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II. Rather than castigating the popular appeasement policy that the British government then pursued, it is notable for taking the uncommon stance that if Great Britain had confronted Nazi Germany earlier it would have been far more disastrous for her than the delay caused by the appeasement policies of Chamberlain and other British leaders.Dust jacket is soiled overall (more obvious against the white background of back panel), and scuffed/scratched. He examines the Munich episode and "why catastrophe has enveloped England," while making connections to contemporary American defense. The book was originally intended to be no more than a college thesis – it was rated as a magna cum laude by Professor Henry A.

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Solid and G+ in its red cloth, with light staining -and spotting-- at the panels and along the spine. First two blank pages have shallow diagonal creasing across fore-edge corners, front paste down and FFEP each have one small speck/stain; back free end-paper has a shallow, slightly diagonal crease the length of the page and near the center. Kennedy believed objectivism should always be used in foreign policy, in Logevall, Fredrik, JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, 1917-1956 (2020) New York, Random House, pg. Published in 1940, Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II, and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war.Upper and lower edges of jacket, including upper edges of inside flaps, have a number of creases, rubs, chips and additional smaller closed tears of 1/2" or less. Those from the British sales were donated to Plymouth, a British city recently bombed by the Luftwaffe. It is notable for its uncommon stance of suggesting instead that an earlier confrontation between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany could well have been more disastrous in the long run, rather than castigating the appeasement policy which the British government pursued at the time. Why,” he asked in an address to the United Nations General Assembly, “should man’s first flight to the moon be a matter of national competition? We give our best to give you the best book but in some cases we have to adjust few pages which are blur or missing or black spots.

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Very Good, modest wear at spine ends, front hinge cracked, slight fading to spine, previous owner's signature at front pastedown, no dust jacket. The dust jacket advertises the fact that Kennedy's father was then Ambassador for the US to the Court of St. Kennedy is telling future policy makers that "foreign threats cannot be dealt with by ignoring them or wishing them away . publisher's original red cloth, spine has some mild soiling, endpapers slightly foxed, owner name is handwritten otherwise no markings, first American edition with no later printings, a new facsimile dustjacket is included. An Original Leather is being used for binding this book with Golden Leaf Printing and designing on Spine, front and Back of the book with edge gilding.

Published the year Kennedy graduated from Harvard, Why England Slept was an expansion of his senior thesis. In this work he attempts to explain why England was so poorly prepared for World War II and why Englandâ s leaders settled upon the disastrous policies of appeasement.

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Although Kennedy famously challenged the country in the first months of his presidency to land a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s, by September 1963 he had such concerns about the space program’s high cost that he proposed partnering with the Soviet Union on a joint expedition to the moon. Kennedy’s secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, wrote in her 1968 memoir that the president mentioned a possible switch to her three days before his death, and hours before the assassination, the November 22, 1963, edition of the Dallas Morning News printed an interview with Nixon, who was in the city on business, with the headline: “Nixon Predicts JFK May Drop Johnson. Kennedy's first book, which was first conceived as an undergraduate thesis while studying at Harvard College.The book received positive critical reviews and, much to the surprise of all concerned, the book became a best seller. The title is a variation on the title of Winston Churchillâ s work, While England Slept, published about two years before Kennedyâ s. keen to elevate his son's reputation, encouraged Kennedy to convert the thesis into book form and publish it. INSCRIBED by the author, most likely at time of publication, to one of his Harvard University classmates, Donald Thurber, who later became a life long friend and a significant political ally from Michigan who aided Kennedy in his 1960 quest for the Whitehouse and later became an University of Michigan Regent.