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Stimulating Dialogue. In a foreword to the 1940 book, TIME'S Editor in Chief Henry R. Luce wrote: "If John Kennedy is characteristic of the younger generation—and I believe he is—many of us would be happy to have the destinies of this Republic handed over to his generation at once. This book has the rare and immensely appealing quality of combining factuality and breadth of understanding with the truest instincts of patriotism." In a new foreword for the 1961 edition. Luce says: "Today democracy in the West is in far better shape than it was in the '303. [But] the worldwide menace of Communism is no less evil than the menace of Hitlerism, and is far more difficult to cope with. And, unlike England, we have no America as a potential savior . . . Today I commend this book for its own sake, and because it will stimulate the dialogue between the people of America and their President, out of which great leadership can come."