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Sherman Kent was born in 1903 into a California family prominent in both business and politics; his father served three terms as a US Congressman. Kent, rejecting family paths, chose a life of scholarship. He took his doctorate in history at Yale University and then joined the history faculty there. More than most professors in the 1930s, Kent saw the study of history as a series of definable methodological and cognitive challenges. To derive useful lessons, you had first to test the authenticity of sources, and then to curb your own “predilections and prejudices” in support of convenient answers. In 1941, he set down precepts and procedures for historical research in Writing History, a ‘bible’ for a generation of undergraduates charged with completing a competent term paper.
Here is a Sherman Kent autograph that we sold:
“Father of Intelligence Analysis,” Sherman Kent Signed CIA Booklet — With His 1946 Autograph Inscription, “…Beware optimism of last pp. Doesn’t hold as well now…”
Sherman Kent signed national intelligence booklet. The CIA man inscribes “For Bill / Who learned all this the hard way as did his greatest admire[r]. / Sherman / 6 November ’46” to the top right corner. Kent himself authored the booklet, titled: “Prospects for the National Intelligence Service”. He also writes on the bottom of the page, “Beware optimism of last pp. Doesn’t hold as well now as at time of composition”. Booklet comprises 15pp. excerpted from the 1946 Yale Review detailing the formation of the CIA and its modus operandi during WWII. Measures 5.5″ x 8.5″. Toning and the faintest creasing, else near fine. Sold for $926.
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