{"product_id":"freedom-from-fear-the-american-people-in-depression-and-war-1929-1945-paperback","title":"Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid M. Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This book tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity. As David Kennedy vividly demonstrates, the economic crisis of the 1930s was far more than a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before 1929, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, wastefully consuming capital and inflicting untold misery on city and countryside alike. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eFreedom From Fear\u003c\/em\u003e explores how the nation agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought the war, why the United States won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. In a compelling narrative, Kennedy analyzes the determinants of American strategy, the painful choices faced by commanders and statesmen, and the agonies inflicted on the millions of ordinary Americans who were compelled to swallow their fears and face battle as best they could. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, reveals a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThe Oxford History of the United States\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic Monthly\u003c\/em\u003e has praised The Oxford History of the United States as \"the most distinguished series in American historical scholarship,\" a series that \"synthesizes a generation's worth of historical inquiry and knowledge into one literally state-of-the-art book. Who touches these books touches a profession.\"\u003cbr\u003e Conceived under the general editorship of one of the leading American historians of our time, C. Vann Woodward, The Oxford History of the United States blends social, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and military history into coherent and vividly written narrative. Previous volumes are Robert Middlekauff's \u003cem\u003eThe Glorious Cause: The American Revolution\u003c\/em\u003e; James M. McPherson's \u003cem\u003eBattle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era\u003c\/em\u003e (which won a Pulitzer Prize and was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e Best Seller); and James T. Patterson's \u003cem\u003eGrand Expectations: The United States 1945-1974\u003c\/em\u003e (which won a Bancroft Prize).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid M. Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eOver Here: The First World War and American Society\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, and \u003cem\u003eBirth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger\u003c\/em\u003e, which won a Bancroft Prize. He lives in Stanford, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 936\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.4 x 9.2 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978818158893,"sku":"9780195144031","price":30.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/M8Dcb8moto9780195144031.webp?v=1775810473","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/freedom-from-fear-the-american-people-in-depression-and-war-1929-1945-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}