The Kennedy Promise: The Politics of Expectation by Fairlie, Henry - 1973

Doubleday Books, 1973. Hard cover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Price clipped. Signed by previous owner. Book covers fine; DJ has minor back cover soiling. Top page edges lightly soiled. INterior pages clean. Tight.. 1 376 p. Gray and blue cloth over boards. Blue spine titles, red accent line. Audience: General/trade. Political analysis, early 1960s-1970s. In part, theorizes the author, the 1960s rhetoric and style of the Kennedy brothers, Jack and Bobby, fueled teh unrest and disillusionment into the 1970s. INherent in JFK's speeches, he offers, the American people were encouraged to expect more of the presidency, of the political process, and of themselves...than they could reasonably accomplish. Author Fairlie brings a British perspective to his writing.