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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.
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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.
Why England Slept. Hardcover – 16 Oct. 1981. Written by John F. Kennedy in 1940 when he was still in college and reprinted in 1961 when he was president, this book is an appraisal of the tragic events of the thirties that led to World War II.
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It asks why England did not prevent German aggression, and why they pursued a policy of appeasement (they did not have the power to back up any threats). On a larger level it is about the relative merits and weaknesses of democracy compared to totalitarian government.
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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.
This folder contains a typescript of John F. Kennedy's Why England Slept, the published version of his Harvard University senior thesis on the subject of British appeasement policy toward Nazi Germany.
Oct 21, 2010 · Why England slept. by. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963. Publication date. 1940. Topics. Disarmament. Publisher. New York, W. Funk, Inc.
