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Sep 22, 2022 · This week, Alyson talks about JFK’s thesis-turned-book, “Why England Slept”. Buy "Why England Slept": https://amzn.to/3S4YtHD Listen on Apple Podcasts:...
- 19 min
- 456
- Kennedy Dynasty Podcast
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.
Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war.
- John F. Kennedy
- 1940
In Why England Slept, at the book's core, John F. Kennedy asks: Why was England so poorly prepared for the war? He provides a comprehensive analysis of the tremendous miscalculations of the...
- John F. Kennedy
- reprint
- Stephen C. Schlesinger
- Why England Slept
Why England slept [by] John F. Kennedy
Nov 14, 2016 · by John F Kennedy (Author), Sam Sloan (Introduction), Henry R Luce (Foreword) 4.5 240 ratings. See all formats and editions. In June 1938, Future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill published a book entitled “Arms and the Covenant”.
- John F Kennedy
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.
