The Problems of Lasting Peace

Hoover, Herbert; Hugh Gibson

Published by Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1942

About this Item

Octavo, blue cloth lettered in gilt; slightly sunned spine. First edition. A presentation copy, inscribed: "To Philip C. Jessup, with the kind regards of Herbert Hoover," additionally signed by Hugh Gibson, on the front free endpaper. ---- Jessup, a judge on the International Court of Justice, was credited with playing a major role in ending the Soviet blockade of West Berlin. Jessup was a U.S. representative to the United Nations General Assembly, as well as a member of the International Court of Justice at The Hague. He also served as a U.S. ambassador at large from 1949 until his resignation in 1953. During that time, he was one of the closest advisers of then-Secretary of State Dean Acheson. After Jessup was maligned by Senator Joe McCarthy for purported communist "affinities," Dwight D. Eisenhower heralded Jessup's "devotion to the principles of Americanism." McCarthy's charges kept Jessup from being reappointed to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations in 1951 but President Harry S. Truman made him an alternate delegate the following year. Meanwhile, at the request of President Truman, Herbert Hoover made several relief trips, supported the Marshall Plan, and called for the rehabilitation of Germany and Japan, positions also advocated by Jessup. A significant antiwar publication with a distinguished provenance.

Seller Inventory # ABE-16361044289

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Problems of Lasting Peace
• Publisher: Garden City: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1942
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
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