Pages 465 LC Class DA566.7 .C53 Country United Kingdom | Dewey Decimal 942.084 Originally published 1938 Page count 465 OCLC 470130900 | |
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Subject Great Britain—Foreign relations—20th century; Europe—Politics and government—1918–1945; Germany—Politics and government—1933–1945; Disarmament; Security, International Similar Works by Winston Churchill, World War II books | ||
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Arms and the Covenant is a 1938 non-fiction book written by Winston Churchill. It was later published in the US as While England Slept; a Survey of World Affairs, 1932–1938. It highlighted the United Kingdom's lack of military preparation to face the threat of Nazi Germany's expansion. It attacked the current policies of the UK government, led by his fellow Conservative Neville Chamberlain. It galvanised many of his supporters, and built up public opposition to the Munich Agreement.
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John F. Kennedy was inspired by the book's title when publishing his thesis, which he wrote during his senior year at Harvard University, and in which he examined the reasons for the UK's lack of preparation. Originally titled Appeasement in Munich, it was titled Why England Slept upon its 1940 publication.