Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

719 Pages·2013·10.994 MB·English

by  Ira Katznelson

FEAR
ITSELF

U S D BY IR* KATZNEISDR
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FEAR
ITSELF
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The New Deal
rnAND THE ■
Origins o f Our Time
IRA KATZNELSON
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Katznelson, Ira.
Fear itself : the New Deal and the origins of our time / Ira Katznelson. —
First Edition,
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-87140-450-3 (hardcover)
1. New Deal, 1933-1939.2. United States—Politics and government—1933-1945.
3. World politics, 1933-1945.4. Political culture—United States—History—
20th century. I. Title.
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For Deborah, and her
ever-expanding bounty
I live in an age of fear.
E.B. White, letter to the
New Yor\ Herald Tribune,
November 29,1947