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SCHLESINGER Arthur M., Jr. - The Crisis of Confidence: Ideas, Power and Violence in America

Title: The Crisis of Confidence: Ideas, Power and Violence in America
Description: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1969. Hardcover. 8vo. Dark blue cloth with gilt lettering. xvii, 313pp. Near fine. Lacks dust jacket. Attractive, tight first edition and with fine presentation inscription from Schlesinger in black fineline on front flyleaf: "For Adlai and Nancy / with affection / Arthur." Schlesinger (1917-2007) was a prolific historian and intellectual who served as speechwriter and advisor to Illinois governor Adlai E. Stevenson II in the 1952 and 1956 Democratic presidential campaigns and had a prominent role in the JFK administration. From the library of Adlai E. Stevenson III (1930-2021), U.S. Senator from Illinois (1969-81). .

Keywords: Americana

Price: US$ 75.00 Seller: Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts
- Book number: 51140

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