![]() The Forgotten Man, offers a new look at one of the most important periods in our history, allowing us to understand the strength of American character today. From 1929 to 1940, federal intervention helped to make the Depression great-in part by forgetting the men and women who sought to help one another. The real question about the Depression, she argues, is not whether Roosevelt ended it with World War II. About Amity Shlaes Octo6:00 PM Bill Scher clearly doesn’t like the argument that the government intervention made the Depression of the 1930s great in magnitude. ![]() She shows how both Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt failed to understand the prosperity of the 1920s and heaped massive burdens on the country that more than offset the benefit of New Deal programs. Shlaes also traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers themselves as they discovered their errors. Seller Rating: Contact seller Book Used - Hardcover Condition: Good US 5.18 Convert currency Free shipping Within U.S.A. ![]() Rejecting the old emphasis on the New Deal, she turns to the neglected and moving stories of individual Americans, and shows how they helped establish the steadfast character we developed as a nation. The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression Shlaes, Amity Published by Harper, 2007 ISBN 10: 0066211700 ISBN 13: 9780066211701 Seller: SecondSale, Montgomery, U.S.A. In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. These are the people at the heart of Amity Shlaess insightful and inspiring history of one of the most crucial events of the twentieth century. Only through the stories of the common people who struggled during that era can we really understand how the nation endured. It's difficult today to imagine how America survived the Great Depression. ![]()
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