![]() Finally, the book rehearses the momentous debate between 19 about American foreign policy, a debate that ended with American intervention in World War II and the end (for a time, at least) of a century and a haIf of isolationism—a debate that still echoes in discussions for foreign policy today. It also documents the techniques of presidential leadership developed by Franklin Roosevelt, arguably the most effective and consequential president of the century, and critically discusses the nature of FDR's great reform legacy. In FREEDOM FROM FEAR, an important addition to the award-winning The Oxford History of the United States series, Kennedy examines in detail America's greatest economic crisis ever, and sheds light on all contemporary comparisons with that event. Here Kennedy situates American history in the context of the world historical events of the era, including global economic crisis, the rise of Nazism, and Japan's quest for empire in Asia. ![]() ![]() Kennedy tells the story of three of the most formative events in modern American history. ![]() In FREEDOM FROM FEAR: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945, the first comprehensive study that spans the Depression, the New Deal and World War Il eras, Bancroft Award-winning historian David M. ![]()
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