Why England Slept
by Kennedy, John F.; New Foreword by Henry R. Luce
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0313228744
- ISBN 13
- 9780313228742
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About This Item
New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc, 1961 Reissue of book first released in 1940, red & blue-stamped gray cloth boards show light edge wear & soil (primarily to spine top region), staining (coffee spill?) to foredge page block leaking to some page margins but contents unaffected, binding is tight & pages unmarked & unfoxed, dust jacket included with $3.00 price, soil & edge wear & large hole/abrasion to front panel, still useful early copy with the 'new' foreword (1961) by Luce; 8vo; (xxx) 252pp. Hard Cover. Good.
Synopsis
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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- Nighttown Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32397
- Title
- Why England Slept
- Author
- Kennedy, John F.; New Foreword by Henry R. Luce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0313228744
- ISBN 13
- 9780313228742
- Publisher
- New York: Wilfred Funk, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Westport
- Date Published
- 1961
- Keywords
- Why England Slept Kennedy, John F.; New Foreword by Henry R. Luce
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