ACHESON, Dean (John F. Kennedy).
Power and Diplomacy.
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press , 1958.
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President Kennedy's Copy of Dean Acheson's Power and Diplomacy; With Numerous handwritten notes made during the height of the Cold War
First edition. Octavo, original half cloth. Signed by President John F. Kennedy on the front free endpaper, the Presidential seal, and numerous notes is blue pen in President Kennedy’s hand. One of the most significant books in President Kennedy's library, as the notations suggest that Kennedy was giving careful consideration to Acheson's points as he considered how to best approach the Soviet Union during the Cold War era. Among the extensive notes in President Kennedy’s hand is a notable comment on page 122, where Acheson discusses at length a 1957 Senate speech by an unnamed Senator regarding the future of the eastern European nations. Acheson paraphrases this Senator as stating that "the true objective was to gain for these nations freedom from western imperialism" to which President Kennedy replied in the margin, "I did not." Purchased from the Sotheby's sale of items from the estate of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, where it sold for $24,150.
Dean Gooderham Acheson served as the United States Secretary of State in the President Harry S. Truman administration between 1949 and 1953. Acheson e played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War and was a key player in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy called upon Acheson for advice and brought him into him into the Executive Committee of the National Security Council.
Power and Diplomacy.
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