Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945
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Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929–1945 is a Pulitzer Prize
-winning book written in 1999 by historian David M. Kennedy
. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States
. The book covers America's coping with the Great Depression
and World War II
.
In 2000, Freedom From Fear received the Pulitzer Prize for History
. It also won the 2000 Francis Parkman
Prize, the 2000 Ambassador's Prize and the 2000 California Gold Medal for Literature.
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning book written in 1999 by historian David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy (historian)
David M. Kennedy is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning historian specializing in American history. He is the Donald J. McLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University and the Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West...
. It is part of the Oxford History of the United States
Oxford History of the United States
The Oxford History of the United States is an ongoing multi-volume narrative history of the United States published by Oxford University Press.-Woodward editorship:The series originated with a plan laid out by historians C...
. The book covers America's coping with the Great Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
and World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
In 2000, Freedom From Fear received the Pulitzer Prize for History
Pulitzer Prize for History
The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States. Many history books have also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction and Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography...
. It also won the 2000 Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman
Francis Parkman was an American historian, best known as author of The Oregon Trail: Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life and his monumental seven-volume France and England in North America. These works are still valued as history and especially as literature, although the biases of his...
Prize, the 2000 Ambassador's Prize and the 2000 California Gold Medal for Literature.