Book description
Even 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…
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1 author picked The American People in World War II as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Kennedy’s book is part of the Oxford series on American history, and as such, I know that any writer’s work must meet high standards, and I was not disappointed by Kennedy’s book.
I love this book as it is both readable to any non-historian, but it provides a great deal of depth and detail along with amazing storytelling. It came as no surprise to me that this book won the Pulitzer Prize—it is worth the read!
From John's list on The best books about the United States during the Second World War.
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