Between 1929 and 1945, two great travails were visited upon the American people: the Great Depression and World War II. This history tells the story of how Americans endured, and eventually prevailed, in the face of those unprecedented calamities. This book vividly shows that the Depression was both a disaster and an opportunity, not just a simple reaction to the alleged excesses of the 1920s. Kennedy also explores how the United States agonized over its role in World War II, how it fought, why it won, and why the consequences of victory were sometimes sweet, sometimes ironic. 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.

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