Freedom from Fear (Kennedy book)

Freedom From Fear
First edition cover
AuthorDavid M. Kennedy
SeriesThe Oxford History of the United States
Subject20th-century American history
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
May 6, 1999
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages936
ISBN978-0-19-503834-7

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a Pulitzer Prize–winning book written in 1999 by the American historian David M. Kennedy. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States. The book covers America's coping with the Great Depression and World War II.[1]

The book was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for History, the 2000 Francis Parkman Prize, the 2000 Ambassador Book Award, and the 2000 California Gold Medal for Literature.

In 2003, a reprint was issued which split the book into two volumes, The American People in the Great Depression: Freedom from Fear, Part One, and The American People in World War II: Freedom from Fear, Part Two.

References

  1. ^ Philip Zelikow (November–December 1999). "Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945". Foreign Affairs. Retrieved 15 April 2009.

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