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1932: Franklin and Adolf
I’m afraid 1932 won’t get much of a review because frankly, it exhausted me. It’s the story of two men who were rising to national leadership on their respective sides of the pond in the same year – two men … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s, FDR, Germany, Herbert Hoover, history, Hitler, Nazi, Politics-CivicInterest, The Great Depression
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The Hoover Experience
When I opened this book, I had some faint appreciation of Herbert Hoover as an accomplished engineer and disaster-relief organizer, a man who intervened after Black Thursday far more than is generally known, and who is unfairly blamed for the … Continue reading
