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The Fight For The Four Freedoms
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 “greatnessâ€
stemmed from their commitment to equality, change, and progressive politics,
but why modern generations should follow their lead. In Kaye’s hands,
history becomes a call for action. Now he retells this generation’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 democratic—and that modern
generations only honor them by following their lead.
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