{"title":"David M. Kennedy","description":"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 of Margaret Sanger, which won the Bancroft Prize. He lives in Stanford, California.","products":[{"product_id":"the-american-people-in-the-great-depression-paperback","title":"The American People in the Great Depression - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn October 24, 1929, America met the greatest economic devastation it had ever known. In this first installment of his Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eFreedom from Fear\u003c\/em\u003e, Kennedy tells how America endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of that unprecedented calamity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKennedy vividly demonstrates that the economic crisis of the 1930s was more than a reaction to the excesses of the 1920s. For more than a century before the Crash, America's unbridled industrial revolution had gyrated through repeated boom and bust cycles, consuming capital and inflicting misery on city and countryside alike. Nor was the alleged prosperity of the 1920s as uniformly shared as legend portrays. Countless Americans eked out threadbare lives on the margins of national life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoosevelt's New Deal wrenched opportunity from the trauma of the 1930s and created a lasting legacy of economic and social reform, but it was afflicted with shortcomings and contradictions as well. With an even hand Kennedy details the New Deal's problems and defeats, as well as its achievements. He also sheds fresh light on its incandescent but enigmatic author, Franklin D. Roosevelt. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarshalling unforgettable narratives that feature prominent leaders as well as lesser-known citizens, \u003cem\u003eThe American People in the Great Depression\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of a resilient nation finding courage in an unrelenting storm.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365707350239,"sku":"9780195168921","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/yup5wZWZyH9780195168921.webp?v=1789070164"},{"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":"\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).","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365711446239,"sku":"9780195144031","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cNh_5Vkrj39780195144031.webp?v=1789070185"},{"product_id":"the-american-people-in-world-war-ii-freedom-from-fear-part-two-paperback","title":"The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear Part Two - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eEven 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe American People in World War II\u003c\/em\u003e--the second installment of Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning \u003cem\u003eFreedom from Fear\u003c\/em\u003e--explains how the nation agonized over its role in the conflict, how it fought the war, why the United States emerged victorious, 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. \u003cem\u003eThe American People in World War II\u003c\/em\u003e is a gripping narrative and an invaluable analysis of the trials and victories through which modern America was formed.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51397091164383,"sku":"9780195168938","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/7FYChj83w_9780195168938.webp?v=1789463467"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/david-m-kennedy.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}