Why England Slept
de Kennedy, John F
- Usado
- Aceptable
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Fine/Very Good
- Librería
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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Sobre este artículo
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1940. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. Introduction by Henry R. Luce. Fine in a Very Good jacket, unclipped ($2.00), rubbed at the surface and edges, a few small chips, two strips of reinforcement at the head and foot of the spine. Red buckram with blue and white ink lettering and designs on the spine and front board. Square and firmly bound with a dark blue top stain, clean internally. The first published edition of Kennedy's honor's thesis from his time at Harvard University. He examines the Munich episode and "why catastrophe has enveloped England," while making connections to contemporary American defense.
Sinopsis
Why England Slept is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy while in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title was an allusion to Winston Churchill's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 4277
- Título
- Why England Slept
- Autor
- Kennedy, John F
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Fine
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Editorial
- Wilfred Funk, Inc
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1940
- Palabras clave
- Politics, WWII, Presidents, England, 20th Century
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Miembro de Biblio desde 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
Sobre Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- First Edition
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- Buckram
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Fine
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- Jacket
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