Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War
Between 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. Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, illuminates a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 1999
- ISBN-13
- 9780199743827
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Great DepressionWorld War IIAmerican history
Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for HistoryWonMajor(2000)
Other awarded books from David M. Kennedy
- Birth Control in America: The Career of Margaret Sanger
- Over Here: The First World War and American Society
- Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
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