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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Why_England_SleptWhy England Slept - Wikipedia

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   Why England Slept (1940) is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title is an allusion to Winston Churchill's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power.

   • Author: John F. Kennedy

   • Publish Year: 1940

2. archive.org › details › whyenglandslept0000kennWhy England slept : Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917 ...

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   Mar 5, 2020 · In Why England Slept, the author discusses democracy versus dictatorship, the psychology of a nation's people, defense expenditures, disarmament and rearmament, appeasement, pacifism, the role of capitalism in England's unpreparedness, and the penalty of Munich--among other things.

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4. www.goodreads.com › book › showWhy England Slept by John F. Kennedy | Goodreads

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   This book is an expansion of a college thesis written by the future President focusing on the question of why England was not prepared to fight a war with Nazi Germany. Among the subset of issues it examines are why England failed to rearm and rebuild its military capabilities during the 1930s as the threats created by Hitler came into focus ...

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5. www.historycentral.com › JFK › bioWhy England Slept

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   Why England Slept. Jack's topic for his senior thesis was "British foreign policy and the coming of World War II". He became totally absorbed in the project. His access to public officials, and the aid he was able to receive as the Ambassador's son greatly helped his research.

6. books.google.com › books › aboutWhy England Slept - John F. Kennedy - Google Books

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   What is why England Slept?

   • Why England Slept is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy while in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title was an allusion to Winston Churchill 's 1938 book While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power.

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   Who was responsible for the unpreparedness of England?

   • The premise of his thesis was that no one politician was responsible for the unpreparedness of England, rather, it was its political system- a democracy that failed to come to grips early enough with the threat the Nazis posed. The Funk Book Company went on to publish the thesis as a book entitled, "Why England Slept".

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   How did Krock get his book renamed 'why England Slept'?

   • Krock convinced his literary agent, Gertrude Algase, to try to sell the book. Krock also suggested giving the book a commercial title and it was renamed, Why England Slept. After a few tries, Algase finally found a willing publisher in Wilfred Funk, Inc. The publisher moved quickly and by July, the first copies were off the press.

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8. books.google.com › books › aboutWhy England Slept - John Fitzgerald Kennedy - Google Books

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   In 1940, while acting as secretary to his ambassador father in London, he wrote Why England Slept, an interpretation of England's failure to recognize the danger of the Nazi...