Bibliograph

Why England slept, by John F. Kennedy ; with a new introduction by Sam Sloan

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Why England slept, by John F. Kennedy ; with a new introduction by Sam Sloan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 247-252)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Why England slept

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

982444400

Responsibility statement

by John F. Kennedy ; with a new introduction by Sam Sloan

Summary

In June 1938, Future British Prime Minister Winston Churchill published a book entitled ?Arms and the Covenant?. It was then published in the US in September 1938 as ?While England Slept; a Survey of World Affairs, 1932-1938?. It highlighted the United Kingdom's lack of military preparation. At that time the war was looming but had not started yet. The majority in England wanted to stay out of the war and to rely in England's natural barriers. However, the views of Churchill ultimately prevailed and it was largely on the strength on this book that Churchill was elected Prime Minister. In 1940, future President John F. Kennedy, then a student in his senior year at Harvard University, found he did not agree with the analysis by Churchill of the reasons for the war, so he wrote a book with almost the same title. Kennedy wrote this essentially as a critique and a rebuttal. In it, he examined the reasons for the UK's lack of preparation

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