About this title: Written by John F. Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in college and reprinted in 1961 when he was president, this book is an appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II. It is an account of England's unpreparedness for war and a study of the shortcomings of democracy when confronted by the menace of totalitarianism.
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Edition: 1st printing.
Binding: PB.
Publisher: Doubleday Dolphin Book C379., New York.
Date Published: 1962 (c1940).
Description: Very good paperback. Some tanning to spine and around edges, otherwise well-bound and good looking. A clean, unread paperback. Early 1960s reprint of John F. Kennedy's senior thesis at Harvard, which went on to become a best seller in 1940. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Dolphin, Garden City, Ny
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Paperback. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. Covers show wear, rubbing on sindes of spine, bumping on corners, fading of colors due to age. Crease between inside front cover and title page is beginning to loosen. Initials "EM" on title page. Stain on back cover and edges of text block, but not staining the pages. Pages are yellowing with age but are clean and tight. Forewards by Henry R. Luce. 200 pages. read more
Description: G/NONE. Minor shelf wear. Previous owner's name on inside of front cover. Underlining and notes. Pages bright, binding solid.; 252 pages. read more
Edition: FifthPrinting, September 1940
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. Funk, inc., New York
Date Published: 1940
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Ex-lib has file label torn from ffep, spine mark, stamps, pocket, o/w clean, tight, near VG. xxx, 252 p. 21 cm. Rebound by library in stout blue buckram with white lettering on spine. "Books": p. 247-252. read more
Edition: Second Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wilfred Funk, Inc., NY
Date Published: 1961
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good+ jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Copy has "presented to the Williamsport Christian School by Mrs. Catherine Colley" inked inside the front cover, minor rubbing, the number 940 inked in small numbers on the base of spine, dj has rubbing, minor edgewear with nicks on the lower corner tips and edge os spine. Many of John Dennedy's most impressionable years were spent in London where hewas able to study at first hand the epoch making events of this crucial period before WWII. ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wilfred Funk Inc., New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. This book has a white dj with red and black lettering, and a gray spine with blue and red stripes at the bottom. Dj is edgeworn, with some mild soil. Page edges have dust spotting, but inside are clean. This analysis of Britain in the 1930s was JFK's senior thesis at Harvard. 252 pages; approx. 5"x8". read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: good, fair to good. 252, appendix, bibliography, foxing to fore-edge, DJ soiled, DJ edges worn and small tears, DJ in plastic sleeve. The original edition was published in 1940; this edition contains a new foreword by Henry R. Luce. John F. Kennedy originally wrote this book as his senior thesis at Harvard. He explores the short-term weaknesses of a democratic and capitalistic system, facing a totalitarian power, under the requirements of modern warfare. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wilfred Funk, Inc., New York
Date Published: 1961
Description: very good, fair to good. 252, appendix, bibliography, DJ soiled, DJ edges worn and small tears/chips. The original edition was published in 1940; this edition contains a new foreword by Henry R. Luce. John F. Kennedy originally wrote this book as his senior thesis at Harvard. He explores the short-term weaknesses of a democratic and capitalistic system, facing a totalitarian power, under the requirements of modern warfare. read more
Edition: First Edition, First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Wilford Funk, New York
Date Published: 1940
Description: Very Good. The book is in red cloth with blue and white stamping and a dark blue top page color. The spine is almost imperceptably darkened. It is worn very little with no places worn through the main wear points being at the top and bottom of the spine which are rounded and beginning to show signs of wear. The book has been handled and read. The book is clean throughout with no marks of any kind though, if you hold the book in the light just right, areas might appear slightly different, ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Easton Press, Norwalk, CT
Date Published: 1992
Description: VG+ DJ Not Issued 252pgs Black leather binding with 4 raised spine ribs, 2 red leather spine labels, gold stamped lettering & designs on spine & front. Cover, light blue moire silk endpapers, all around page end gold gilt & attached cloth page marker, owner name embossment on Half Title Page, Easton Press bookplate with owner name across from Title Page, small ink date stamp (2) inside rear endpaper, o.w. clean, bright & tight. Rest of book Like New. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Dolphin Books, Garden City, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. B000JKO9Y4. Softcover, shelf/edge wear with light stains and smudges, outer edges are dirty, pages are tight, text clean, book in good condition! ; read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Dolphin Books, Garden City, N. Y.
Date Published: [1962]
Description: VG. Binding sound and without spine crease, there is a slight tilt to the spine. Cover has some wear at edges and the spine is lightly soiled. Previous owner's name and address inside cover. Pages clean and unmarked. This was the thesis prepared by JFK in 1940 and submitted for his degree at Harvard.; 12mo 7"-7½" tall; 200 pages. read more
"This was Kennedy's thesis paper at Harvard, on why England did not rise sooner to confront the forces of totalitarianism that led to the second World War. It is an interesting little book, not particular well-written, but nonetheless useful in generating ideas about a subject we should be thinking more about today."
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