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Garden City, NY: Dolphin Books [an imprint of Doubleday & Company, Inc.], 1962. Dolphin Books Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus. Mass market paperback. Good. Pocket paperback. 200 pages. Tables. Appendix. Bibliography. Some wear to covers. The original edition was published in 1940; this contains a new foreword to the 1961 edition 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. Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., keen to elevate his son's reputation, encouraged Kennedy to convert the thesis into book form and publish it. He then enlisted Henry Luce to write the foreword, and his friend Arthur Krock, former bureau chief of The New York Times, to assist in redrafting the thesis, which had originally been titled "Appeasement At Munich." Kennedy was born into a wealthy, political family in Brookline, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940, before joining the U.S. Naval Reserve the following year. During World War II, he commanded a series of PT boats in the Pacific theater and earned the Navy and Marine Corps Medal for his service. After a brief stint in journalism, Kennedy represented a working-class Boston district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1947 to 1953. He was subsequently elected to the U.S. Senate and served as the junior Senator from Massachusetts from 1953 to 1960. While in the Senate, Kennedy published his book, Profiles in Courage, which won a Pulitzer Prize. In the 1960 presidential election, he narrowly defeated Republican opponent Richard Nixon, who was the incumbent vice president. 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 is an allusion to Winston Churchill's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. Published in 1940, Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II, and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war. It is notable for its uncommon stance of suggesting instead that an earlier confrontation between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany could well have been more disastrous in the long run, rather than castigating the appeasement policy which the British government pursued at the time. The book was originally intended to be no more than a college thesis. It was rated magna cum laude by Professor Henry A. Yeomans and cum laude plus by Professor Carl J. Friedrich. However, Kennedy's father, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., keen to elevate his son's reputation, encouraged Kennedy to convert the thesis into book form and publish it. He then enlisted Henry Luce to write the foreword, and his friend Arthur Krock, former bureau chief of The New York Times, to assist in redrafting the thesis, which had originally been titled "Appeasement At Munich". As US ambassador to the United Kingdom, Kennedy, Sr. supported Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy during the late 1930s. John F. Kennedy lived with his father in the United Kingdom at that time and as such witnessed the Luftwaffe's bombings of the UK first-hand. After publication in 1940, the book sold 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom and the United States, collecting US $40,000 in royalties for Kennedy. Those from the British sales were donated to Plymouth, a British city recently bombed by the Luftwaffe.
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  • Edition Dolphin Books Edition [stated]. Presumed first printing thus
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  • Publisher Dolphin Books [an imprint of Doubleday & Company, Inc.]
  • Place of Publication Garden City, NY
  • Date Published 1962
  • Keywords WWII, Great Britain, Adolf Hitler, Disarmament, Pacifism, Fascism, Nazis, Neville Chamberlain, Munich, Appeasement, Arthur Krock, Henry Luce
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CollectibleGood. 1961, Wilfred Funk, grey cloth. Binding is unblemished, text block is clean, boards straight, without highlights or markings. Mild rubbing to Mylar covered dust wrapper edges, mild tanning. Very clean, very nice example. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.
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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.
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NY: DOLPHIN BOOKS/DOUBLEDAY. WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY HENRY R. LUCE . Very Good. Soft cover. 1st Printing. 1962.
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New York: William Funk Inc. , 1961. Written when John F Kennedy was a senior at Harvard and published in 1940. "A brilliant appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II. This one is ex-library but textblock tight and square. Boards are in good shape except that jacket is taped to them. Jacket is protected in mylar and taped to boards. Typical library stamps and paraphenelia. No chips or tears to jacket. . Reprint. Cloth. Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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New York, NY: Wilfred Funk, 1961. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 252 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Very good dust jacket. Dust jacket not price clipped. The jacket is primarily white with red and black type face on the front. The spine is mostly light gray also with red and black type. This copy published in 1961.
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