You can think of Freedom from Fear as the academic's version of The Greatest Generation: like Tom Brokaw, Stanford history professor David M. Kennedy focuses on the years of the Great Depression and the Second World War and how the American people coped with those events. But there the similarities end--and, in terms of the differences, one might begin by noting that the historian's account is over twice the size of the journalist's.
Whereas Brokaw made use of extensive interviews, Kennedy relies on published accounts and primary sources, all meticulously footnoted. This academic rigor, however, does not render the book dull--far from it. Certainly the subject matter is interesting enough in its own right, but Kennedy offers attention-grabbing turns of phrase on nearly every page. He also unleashes some convention-shattering theses, such as his revelation that "the most responsible students of the events of 1929 have been unable to demonstrate an appreciable cause-and-effect linkage between the Crash and the Depression" and his subsequent argument that, although it made order out of chaos, the New Deal did not reverse the Depression--that, he says, was the war's doing. All in all, Freedom from Fear compares favorably to its companions in the multivolume Oxford History of the United States in both its comprehensive heft and its vivid readability.
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1929-1945，David M. Kennedy － 關於美國大蕭條的又一部巨著，作者是普利策奬獲得者，將美國在大蕭條時期的生活描述得栩栩如生。雖然是在講曆史，書很厚，但語言很優美，非常容易閱讀。
評分最近一段時間以來，“牛市”或者“經濟迴暖”的說法開始甚囂塵上。 迄今為止，各國政府普遍采取的是凱恩斯式的政府擴大支齣的辦法刺激經濟，流動性正在全球泛濫，我們究竟會用多久的時間走齣這次自大蕭條以來最嚴重的經濟衰退？用什麼樣的方式可以更快地走齣？像羅斯福新政（N...
評分最近一段時間以來，“牛市”或者“經濟迴暖”的說法開始甚囂塵上。 迄今為止，各國政府普遍采取的是凱恩斯式的政府擴大支齣的辦法刺激經濟，流動性正在全球泛濫，我們究竟會用多久的時間走齣這次自大蕭條以來最嚴重的經濟衰退？用什麼樣的方式可以更快地走齣？像羅斯福新政（N...
評分1929-1945，David M. Kennedy － 關於美國大蕭條的又一部巨著，作者是普利策奬獲得者，將美國在大蕭條時期的生活描述得栩栩如生。雖然是在講曆史，書很厚，但語言很優美，非常容易閱讀。
評分最近一段時間以來，“牛市”或者“經濟迴暖”的說法開始甚囂塵上。 迄今為止，各國政府普遍采取的是凱恩斯式的政府擴大支齣的辦法刺激經濟，流動性正在全球泛濫，我們究竟會用多久的時間走齣這次自大蕭條以來最嚴重的經濟衰退？用什麼樣的方式可以更快地走齣？像羅斯福新政（N...
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评分One of the best historical narratives ever read. well-woven events with refreshing prose and relishing details.
评分文筆和Wood一樣齣色，內容則糾正瞭不少偏見，文采加上史料果然無敵於天下，隻是偶爾會太過饒舌而走神。寫二戰真是引人入勝，但社會就稍微無聊些，不過這是個人偏好。
评分12章講Depression前鬍佛執政時候的美國，67章講羅斯福新政施行初期還未完全見效時候美國尤其是南方農民和黑人的各種睏難。挺慘的，真是慘到不行。
评分12章講Depression前鬍佛執政時候的美國，67章講羅斯福新政施行初期還未完全見效時候美國尤其是南方農民和黑人的各種睏難。挺慘的，真是慘到不行。
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