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| Author | Winston Churchill[1] |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Subject | Great Britain—Foreign relations—20th century; Europe—Politics and government—1918–1945; Germany—Politics and government—1933–1945; Disarmament; Security, International |
| Published | 1938 (George G. Harrap) |
| Pages | 465 |
| OCLC | 470130900 |
| 942.084 | |
| LC Class | DA566.7 .C53 |
Arms and the Covenant is a 1938 non-fiction book written by Winston Churchill.[2] It was later published in the United States as While England Slept; a Survey of World Affairs, 1932–1938.[3] It highlighted the United Kingdom's lack of military preparation to face the threat of Nazi Germany's expansion and attacked the current policies of the British government, led by the Conservative Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. The book galvanised many of his supporters and built up public opposition to the Munich Agreement.[4]
John F. Kennedy was inspired by the book's title when he published his thesis, which he wrote during his senior year at Harvard College and in which he examined the reasons for Britain's lack of preparation. Originally titled Appeasement in Munich, it was titled Why England Slept upon its 1940 publication.[5]
References
- ↑ Terry Reardon (6 October 2012). Winston Churchill and Mackenzie King: So Similar, So Different. Dundurn. pp. 394–. ISBN 978-1-4597-0590-6.
- ↑ "When Churchill met traitor Guy Burgess". The Daily Telegraph. 29 September 2015.
- ↑ "Arms and the Covenant" (PDF). Churchill at Chartwell. Chartwell Booksellers. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
- ↑ Barbara Leaming (17 August 2007). Jack Kennedy: The Education of a Statesman. W. W. Norton. pp. 103–. ISBN 978-0-393-34428-8.
- ↑ Richard M. Langworth (1 November 2017). Winston Churchill, Myth and Reality: What He Actually Did and Said. McFarland. pp. 225–. ISBN 978-1-4766-7460-5.
External links
- Catalog record for Arms and the Covenant at the United States Library of Congress