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Description for Freedom from Fear
Paperback. Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This volume tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of the unprecedented calamaties of World War II. Series: Oxford History of the United States. Num Pages: 528 pages, 16pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 770.
Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia, Japan harbored imperial ambitions of its own. The same generation of Americans who battled the Depression eventually had to shoulder arms in another conflict that wreaked worldwide destruction, ushered in the nuclear age, and forever changed their way of life and their country's relationship to the rest of the world. The American People in World War II--the second installment ... Read more
Even as the New Deal was coping with the Depression, a new menace was developing abroad. Exploiting Germany's own economic burdens, Hitler reached out to the disaffected, turning their aimless discontent into loyal support for his Nazi Party. In Asia, Japan harbored imperial ambitions of its own. The same generation of Americans who battled the Depression eventually had to shoulder arms in another conflict that wreaked worldwide destruction, ushered in the nuclear age, and forever changed their way of life and their country's relationship to the rest of the world. The American People in World War II--the second installment ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
506
Condition
New
Series
Oxford History of the United States
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195168938
SKU
V9780195168938
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About Unknown
David M. Kennedy is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945. He is also the author of Over Here: The First World War and American Society, which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, and Birth Control in America: The Career ... Read more
Reviews for Freedom from Fear
PRAISE FOR FREEDOM FROM FEAR: "A grand historical synthesis...this is the kind of book prizes are made for."
Chicago Tribune "Skillfully weaves together the era's social, economic, and political strands.... Illuminating information and insights on almost every page"
Los Angeles Times Book Review "A brilliant achievement."
Dallas Morning News "Consistently original and sometimes startling conclusions."
The Washington Post "An unfaltering display of clarity and ... Read more
Chicago Tribune "Skillfully weaves together the era's social, economic, and political strands.... Illuminating information and insights on almost every page"
Los Angeles Times Book Review "A brilliant achievement."
Dallas Morning News "Consistently original and sometimes startling conclusions."
The Washington Post "An unfaltering display of clarity and ... Read more