ISBN: Ostalo
Tematika: Istorija
Godina izdanja: Posle 1950.
Kulturno dobro: Predmet koji prodajem nije kulturno dobro ili ovlašćena institucija odbija pravo preče kupovine
Jezik: Srpski
Autor: Strani

U dobrom stanju.

Sa posvetom Dejvida Pauersa saveznom sekretaru za inostrane poslove SFRJ Marku Nikeziću



John F. Kennedy - Profiles in Courage /Inaugural Edition/
Profiles in Courage, an examination `of politicians who had retained their principles despite difficult circumstances` (ANB), was first published in 1956 and won Kennedy the Pulitzer Prize for biography in 1957. The book bolstered Kennedy`s leadership credentials and accelerated his path to the presidency. Following his election, this `Inaugural Edition` was published, featuring a new foreword by Allan Nevins.



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Marko Nikezić (Beograd, 13. jun 1921 — Beograd, 6. januar 1991) bio je učesnik Narodnooslobodilačke borbe, diplomata i društveno-politički radnik SR Srbije.

U periodu od 1965. do 1968. godine obavljao je funkciju Saveznog sekretara za inostrane poslove SFRJ. Od 1968. bio je predsednik Centralnog komiteta Saveza komunista Srbije, da bi 26. oktobra 1972. godine, pod optužbom za „anarho-liberalizam“, bio smenjen.


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David F. `Dave` Powers, the first museum curator of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.

David Francis Powers (April 25, 1912 – March 28, 1998)[1] was Special Assistant and assistant Appointments Secretary to U.S. president John F. Kennedy. Powers served as Museum Curator of the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum from 1964 until his retirement in May 1994. Powers was a military veteran who served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945. Powers was also a close friend of Kennedy.

Powers first met Kennedy in 1946, when JFK was a Democratic candidate for the Massachusetts Eleventh Congressional District. Kennedy had heard that Powers had an understanding of the people and issues in the district that would be vital to helping him win the race. Although Powers was initially skeptical at how `a millionaire`s son from Harvard` could appeal to the working-class voters in the district, he joined Kennedy`s campaign after being impressed by a heartfelt speech Kennedy gave to Gold Star mothers who had lost sons in World War II. After Kennedy was elected to Congress, Powers `was at Kennedy`s side at every step towards the White House.` Powers provided Kennedy with a kind of refuge from the burdens of the `political grind` of running for and serving in office. Powers had a `quick wit and easy regard for rogue politicians that endeared him to Kennedy...[he] enjoyed Powers`s mischievous sense of humor.`

When Kennedy was elected President in 1960, he appointed Powers as Special Assistant to the President. In this role Powers watched `over the President`s needs, and was always with him on trips around the country and abroad. He usually was the first to see the President in the morning, and the last to see him at night. He was less a political adviser than simply a friend with whom Kennedy could relax. They would swim together in the White House pool, where Powers would use a breaststroke in order to keep up a steady chatter of amusing conversation that Kennedy enjoyed.`[9] Historian Robert Dallek wrote that Powers was part of the `Irish Mafia` - a small group of White House aides who were `uncritically loyal to Kennedy and had made his rise possible`, and that `Powers was the first among equals` in this group.[9] Among his duties, Powers greeted distinguished visitors to the White House and escorted them to the Oval Office, and kept track of Kennedy`s extensive wardrobe. Kennedy speechwriter and special counsel Theodore Sorensen recounted a story from the 1960 presidential campaign in which he did not have a necktie for a meeting, and `Dave Powers loaned me one from [Kennedy`s] large traveling collection, assuring me that the senator never wore it.` Powers was an enthusiastic baseball fan, and his `amazing memory for sports and election statistics` impressed Kennedy.

During the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Powers and Kenneth O`Donnell, another Kennedy aide, were riding in the Secret Service follow-up car directly behind the presidential limousine. In 1996, the Assassination Records Review Board released three minutes of film footage captured by Powers in Dallas prior to the assassination. Powers said he began filming when the motorcade left Love Field but ran out of film at 12:17 p.m before reaching Dealey Plaza.

Following President Kennedy`s assassination, Powers was named the first curator of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. At the request of Robert F. Kennedy, Powers spent the years from 1965 to 1979 helping federal archivists gather and organize Kennedy memorabilia, papers, and other artifacts for the planned museum. When the Kennedy Library and Museum opened in Boston in 1979, Powers served as a curator at the museum until his retirement in 1994.

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