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THE FIGHT FOR THE FOUR FREEDOMS
By: Harvey J. Kaye
Simon & Schuster
May 2015
On Sale: April 28, 2015
304 pages
ISBN: 1451691440
EAN: 9781451691443
Paperback
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On January 6, 1941, the Greatest Generation gave voice to its founding principles, the Four Freedoms: Freedom from want and from fear. Freedom of speech and religion. In the name of the Four Freedoms they fought the Great Depression. In the name of the Four Freedoms they defeated the Axis powers. In the process they made the United States the richest and most powerful country on Earth. And, despite a powerful, reactionary opposition, the men and women of the Greatest Generation made America freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before. Harvey Kaye gives passionate voice to the Greatest Generation and argues not only that the root of their Γ’β¬ΕgreatnessΓ’β¬Β stemmed from their commitment to equality, change, and progressive politics, but why modern generations should follow their lead. In KayeΓ’β¬β’s hands, history becomes a call for action. Now he retells this generationΓ’β¬β’s full story and reclaims their progressive influence throughout the twentieth century. Through the words of civil rights protestors, authors, and congressmen, Kaye argues that the most progressive generation in America history not only stopped Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Imperial Japan, but made America and the world freer, more equal, and more democraticΓ’β¬βand that modern generations only honor them by following their lead.
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