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

David M. Kennedy is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. Freedom from Fear focuses primarily on political and economic developments, recounting how presidents and citizens responded to the two great catastrophic events of the century: the Great Depression and World War II. Freedom form Fear encourages readers to reflect upon how these convulsive events shaped the history of America in the second half of the twentieth century.