Why England Slept - Rilegato

Kennedy, John Fitzgerald

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ISBN 10: 1440849900 ISBN 13: 9781440849909

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 2016

Riassunto

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.

· Provides fascinating insights into the young mind and worldview of then-Harvard senior John F. Kennedy via his thesis, for which he'd toured Europe, the Balkans, the Soviet Union, and Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s

· Presents both a pointed indictment of British policy leading up to World War II as well as an examination of the weaknesses, merits, and pitfalls for democratic governments based on capitalist economies

· Features a new foreword written by Stephen C. Schlesinger, senior fellow at the Century Foundation in New York; author of Act of Creation: The Founding of The United Nations, winner of the 2004 Harry S. Truman Book Award; former director of the World Policy Institute at the New School (1997–2006); and former publisher of the magazine The World Policy Journal

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L'autore:

Stephen C. Schlesinger, JD, is fellow at the Century Foundation in New York; author of Act of Creation: The Founding of The United Nations, winner of the 2004 Harry S. Truman Book Award; former director of the World Policy Institute at the New School (1997–2006); and former publisher of the magazine The World Policy Journal.

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• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1440849900
• ISBN 13: 9781440849909
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 152