Description: Further DetailsTitle: Why England SleptCondition: NewISBN-10: 1440849900EAN: 9781440849909ISBN: 9781440849909Publisher: Praeger Publishers IncFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/04/2016Description: Originally published in 1940, Why England Slept was written by then-Harvard student and future American president John F. Kennedy. It was Kennedy's senior thesis that analyzed the tremendous miscalculations of the British leaders in facing Germany on the advent of World War II, and in doing so, also addressed the challenges that democracies face when confronted directly with fascist states.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 British leadership when it came to dealing with Germany and leads readers into considering other questions: Was the poor state of the British army the reason Chamberlain capitulated at Munich, or were there other, less-obvious elements at work that allowed this to happen? Kennedy also looks at similarities to America's position of unpreparedness and makes astute observations about the implications involved.This re-publication of the classic book contains excerpts from the foreword to the 1940 original edition by Henry R. Luce, an American magazine magnate during that era; the foreword to the 1961 edition, also written by Luce; and a new foreword by Stephen C. Schlesinger, written in 2015.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 235mmItem Length: 156mmItem Weight: 539gAuthor: John F. KennedyContributor: Stephen C. Schlesinger (Foreword by)Genre: HistoryTopic: Military HistoryRelease Year: 2016 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Why England Slept
Title: Why England Slept
ISBN-10: 1440849900
EAN: 9781440849909
ISBN: 9781440849909
Release Date: 04/04/2016
Release Year: 2016
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Contributor: Stephen C. Schlesinger (Foreword by)
Genre: History
Topic: Military History
Number of Pages: 184 Pages
Publication Name: Why England Slept
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Item Height: 0.5 in
Subject: Military / World War II, International Relations / Arms Control, Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Europe / Great Britain / General
Publication Year: 2016
Item Weight: 19 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.2 in
Author: John F. Kennedy
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover