Why England Slept [Pre-Publication Issue, Softcover, In Dust Jacket]
by Kennedy, John F. (Fitzgerald), Foreword By Henry R. Luce
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- first
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- Very Good + Book/Good Dustjacket
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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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- Bookseller
- Arroyo Seco Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018626
- Title
- Why England Slept [Pre-Publication Issue, Softcover, In Dust Jacket]
- Author
- Kennedy, John F. (Fitzgerald), Foreword By Henry R. Luce
- Format/Binding
- Plain Wrappers
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good + Book
- Jacket Condition
- Good Dustjacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Funk, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1940
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- General
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; Rare And Unusual Books; Miscellany #08 A Collector's Odds and Ends;
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