The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
Between 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. Both comprehensive and colorful, this account of the most convulsive period in American history, excepting only the Civil War, illuminates a period that formed the crucible in which modern America was formed.