Why England Slept "The New York Times," to assist in redrafting the thesis, which had originally been titled "Appeasement At Munich". The writer Garry Wills claims that this assistance amounted to rewriting and retitling the manuscript, as well as finding an agent for its publication. As ambassador to Britain, Kennedy, Sr. supported Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy of appeasement during the late 1930s. John F. Kennedy lived with his father in Britain at that time and as such witnessed the Luftwaffe's bombings of Britain first-hand. After publication in 1940, the book sold 80,000 copies in the United Kingdom and the United States, collecting
While the Patient Slept While the Patient Slept While the Patient Slept is a 1935 comedy murder mystery film starring Aline MacMahon as a nurse/crime sleuth and Guy Kibbee as her boyfriend and police detective. It is based on the novel of the same name by Mignon G. Eberhart. Nurse Sarah Keate is the protagonist of several Eberhart books; two others were made into films as well: "Mystery House" and "The Patient in Room 18", both released in 1938, though MacMahon was replaced by Ann Sheridan. "The New York Times" reviewer was unimpressed: "Mr. Kibbie and Miss MacMahon finally break the case ... but