Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945

First edition cover
Author	David M. Kennedy
Series	The Oxford History of the United States
Genre	Narrative history
Published	May 1999
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Media type	Print (hardcover)
Pages	936
ISBN	978-0-19-503834-7
Followed by	Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945–1974

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a nonfiction book by the American historian David M. Kennedy. Published as part of the Oxford History of the United States in May 1999,^[1] Freedom from Fear treats the history of the United States during the Great Depression and World War II.^[2]

The book was awarded the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for History,^[3] the 2000 Francis Parkman Prize, the 2000 Ambassador Book Award, and the 2000 Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Literature.^[4]

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

Bibliography

Journals

• Blumberg, Barbara (Fall 2000). "The Oxford History of the United States. Volume IX, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". The Historian. 63 (1): 155–156. JSTOR 24450878.
• Boyle, Kevin (February 2000). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945, David M. Kennedy". Labor History. 41 (1): 108–109. ISSN 0023-656X.
• Cate, Alan (Spring 2000). "Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". Book Reviews. Parameters. 30 (1). doi:10.55540/0031-1723.1965.
• Davies, Gareth (June 2000). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". The Historical Journal. 43 (2): 598–600. JSTOR 3021046.
• Ellis, Mark (October 2001). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". History: The Journal of the Historical Association. 86 (284): 553–554. JSTOR 24425566.
• Lang, Clarence (Autumn 2000). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 by David M. Kennedy". Political Science Quarterly. 115 (3): 449–451. doi:10.2307/2658129. JSTOR 2658129.
• Leff, Mark (September 2000). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". The Journal of American History. 87 (2): 723. doi:10.2307/2568880. JSTOR 2568880.
• Nardini, Robert F. (15 March 1999). "Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945". Library Journal. 124 (5): 94.
• Sitkoff, Harvard (September 2000). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". The American Historical Review. 105 (3): 954–955. doi:10.2307/2651898. JSTOR 2651898.
• Story, Ronald (March 2000). "The Great Transformation". Reviews in American History. 28 (1): 87–95. JSTOR 30031131.

Magazines

• Doenecke, Justus D. (November–December 2004). "Hoover to Hiroshima: So You Think American History from the Great Depression Through World War II Holds No Surprises? Read on". Books & Culture. Vol. 10, no. 6. pp. 24–26.
• "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War". Kirkus Reviews. 15 April 1999.
• "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 246, no. 14. 5 April 1999. p. 227 – via Gale.
• Freeman, Jay (15 March 1999). "Kennedy, David M. Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945". Booklist. Vol. 95, no. 14. p. 1286 – via Gale.
• Gewen, Barry (23 May 1999). "Do Something—Anything!". The New York Times Book Review. pp. 16–17 – via Proquest.
• Oshinsky, David M. (14–28 June 1999). "History from the Top Down". The New Leader. Vol. 82, no. 7. pp. 5–6. ISSN 0028-6044.
• Perlstein, Rick (24 May 1999). "David Kennedy: The National Experience". Publishers Weekly. Vol. 245, no. 21. p. 50.
• Rubinstein, William D. (September 2000). "Untitled review of Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 and America Divided: The Civil War of the Sixties". History Today. Vol. 50, no. 9. p. 60. ISSN 0018-2753.
• Valiunas, Algis (April 1999). "Hard Times". Commentary. Vol. 107, no. 4. pp. 51–53. ISSN 0010-2601.
• Zelikow, Philip (November–December 1999). "Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945. By David M. Kennedy". Foreign Affairs. Vol. 78, no. 6. p. 149. doi:10.2307/20049569. JSTOR 20049569.

Newspapers

• Day, Anthony (30 April 2000). "The Trial of the Century". Los Angeles Times. p. BR10 – via Proquest.
• Kennedy, David M. (11 February 2001). "Big-picture History Author David M. Kennedy Talks About Writing Freedom from Fear". Chicago Tribune (Interview). Interviewed by Elizabeth Taylor. p. 14.3 – via Proquest.
• Nenneman, Richard A. (27 May 1999). "Becoming a Superpower". Christian Science Monitor. p. 16 – via Gale.
• Weeks, Linton (11 April 2000). "For Lahiri, First Time A Charm at Pulitzers; Young Novelist Among Winners in the Arts". Washington Post. p. C1 – via Proquest.

Online

• Blantz, Thomas E. (June 1999). "Blantz on Kennedy, Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945". H-Pol. H-Net. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024.
• "David M. Kennedy". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. 24 October 2014.

External links

• Roberts, Russ (16 August 2010). "Kennedy on the Great Depression and the New Deal". EconTalk. Library of Economics and Liberty.
• Presentation by Kennedy on Freedom from Fear, June 5, 1999, C-SPAN
• Booknotes interview with Kennedy on Freedom from Fear, June 20, 1999, C-SPAN

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