Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) Gandhi ISBN13: 9780151006090 ISBN10: 0151006091 Material

ISBN13: 9780151006090 ISBN10: 0151006091 Material Type: hardcover

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Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 (Oxford History of the United States) Gandhi ISBN13: 9780151006090 ISBN10: 0151006091 MaterialBetween 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. The 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