
Freedom from Fear
The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945
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Narrated by:
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Tom Weiner
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David M. Kennedy
Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This Pulitzer Prize-winning history 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 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.
Freedom from Fear 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.
Both 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.
Please note: The individual volumes of the series have not been published in historical order. Freedom from Fear is number IX in The Oxford History of the United States.
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- Pulitzer Prize, History, 2000
“An engrossing narrative of a momentous time.” (New York Times Book Review)
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Would you listen to Freedom from Fear again? Why?
Yes, because there is so much detail it will bear a second listen.Who was your favorite character and why?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the dominant politician of that era.Which character – as performed by Tom Weiner – was your favorite?
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It is historyAny additional comments?
This ia an excellent volume of the Oxford History of the United States.Fascinating, history of Americe 1919-1945
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This book puts all this in clear context in a delightfully engaging and literate way. Simply put, I didn’t want this book to end.
Narrator was compelling, but I found his word mispronunciation distracting.
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My only critical comment is Kennedy's excessive use of metaphors. His attempt to creatively communicate complex ideas with extended metaphors bordered on comical at times.
Powerful insights
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An FDR Tour de Force
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Excellent overview
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The book is long and unless one is highly interested in the subject may be a difficult listen. However, the audio version is appreciated in order to get through such a lengthy volume.
Imperative American History
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Stellar volume
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One of the great audio books.
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