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The thesis, later published as Why England Slept, was a study of the failure of British political leaders in the 1930s to oppose popular resistance to rearming, leaving the country ill-prepared for World War II.
Reviewed by Robert Gale Woolbert. The son of the recently resigned American Ambassador to England seeks to show that the responsibility for the policies which have led Britain to its present parlous state -- appeasement, pacifism, undue optimism and general muddleheadedness -- rests on the British people as a whole, not on any one class or group.
Why England slept [by] John F. Kennedy
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...
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- W. Funk, 1961
- 2, reprint
- Why England Slept
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 alludes to Winston Churchill's 1938 book Arms and the Covenant, published in the United States as While England Slept, which also examined the buildup of German power. [1]
"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...
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
