Why England Slept Why England Slept Why England Slept is the published version of a thesis written by John F. Kennedy while in his senior year at Harvard College. Its title is an allusion to Winston Churchill's 1938 book "While England Slept," which also examined the buildup of German power. Published in 1940, Kennedy's book examines the failures of the British government to take steps to prevent World War II, and its initial lack of response to Adolf Hitler's threats of war. It is notable for its uncommon stance of suggesting instead that an earlier confrontation between the United Kingdom and Nazi Germany
Feudal fascism This sharp rise in political freedom led to the Democracy Wall movement, with some dissidents suggesting that the period of "feudal fascism" began much earlier than the Cultural Revolution. The movement grew to be such threatening to party rule that it was suppressed and reform proceeded more cautiously thereafter. Feudal fascism Feudal fascism, also revolutionary-feudal totalitarianism, were official terms used by the post-Mao Zedong Communist Party of China to designate the ideology and rule of Lin Biao and the Gang of Four during the Cultural Revolution. In China's reform and opening up era, the Communist Party used the phrase to