The Bitter Heritage: Vietnam and American Democracy, 1941-1966.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1967. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 126, [1] pages, 23 cm. Occasional footnotes. Inscribed & signed by the author on the front free end paper. Inscription reads: For Joe Clark, with admiration and affection. Arthur.
"With the Compliments of the Author" card, dated Jan 19 1967, laid in. Card reads "Cocktails 6:45 Ambassador Room, The Shoreham " (with hand written note "and 6:15-7:45 The Heritage Room" laid in). From Wikipedia: "Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Jr. (born Arthur Bancroft Schlesinger; October 15, 1917 February 28, 2007) was an American historian, social critic, and public intellectual, son of the influential historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. A specialist in American history, much of Schlesinger's work explored the history of 20th-century American liberalism. In particular, his work focused on leaders such as Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Robert F. Kennedy. In the 1952 and 1956 presidential campaigns he was a speechwriter and adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Adlai Stevenson II. Schlesinger served as special assistant and "court historian" to President Kennedy from 1961 to 1963. He wrote a detailed account of the Kennedy Administration, from the 1960 presidential campaign to the president's state funeral, titled A Thousand Days: John F. Kennedy in the White House, which won the 1966 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography." Condition: fair (inside boards discolored, paperclip marks on first 7 pages) / fair (small tears and chips on dust jacket spine).
Keywords: Indochina, Vietnam War, Democracy, Imperialism, Neo-colonialism, Antiwar, Dissent, Insurgency, Nationalism, Guerrilla Warfare
[Book #79063]
Price: $150.00