author
J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy
A British writer and translator best remembered for bringing Friedrich Nietzsche to English-speaking readers, he also wrote lively books on war, politics, literature, and ideas. His work sits at the crossroads of philosophy and early 20th-century public debate.
2 Audiobooks
How the Nations Waged War A companion volume to "How the War Began"
by J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy
The Campaign Round Liège
by J. M. (John McFarland) Kennedy
About the author
Born in 1886, John McFarland Kennedy wrote under the name J. M. Kennedy. Reliable library and public-domain author records describe him as a British author and translator, especially known for his work on Nietzsche.
Kennedy translated several of Nietzsche's works into English and also wrote books of his own, including The Quintessence of Nietzsche, Religions and Philosophers of the East, Tory Democracy, and wartime studies such as How the War Began and How the Nations Waged War. That range gives a good sense of his interests: philosophy, education, literature, politics, and the upheavals of his era.
He died young in 1918. Even so, his translations and critical books helped introduce demanding European thought to a wider English-language audience, and they still circulate today through public-domain libraries and audiobook archives.