[ Autographs ] DEAN RUSK Secretary of State under John F. Kennedy andLyndon B. Johnson, a defender of the Vietnam War. Very fine content TL.S. "Dean Rusk" as Professor of Law at University of Georgia, 1p. 4to., Athens, March 28, 1988, to Steve Juscik, regarding his views on World War II. In small part: "...World War II was a war which need nothave happened. The Western democracies refused to take action against Japan's invasion of Manchuria in 1931, Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia and a series of aggressions by Adolf Hitler...The fidelity ofthe United States to its security treaties is not just a question of empty face-saving and prestige, but is a principal pillar of peace in the world...". Sold with a T.L.S., Athens, Mar. 24, 1977, to Mr. Juscik declining his request for his opinion on President John F. Kennedy and Jimmy Carter's administrations, and a handsome S.P. 4in x 5in b/w, showing a mature Rusk in a head and shoulders pose, boldly signed in the blank mount beneath the image. Three pieces, all in fine condition.