The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression |
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| Title: | The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression |
| Author: | Amity Shlaes |
| Publisher: | Harper Perennial |
| Type: | Book / Paperback |
| Publication Date: | 01 June, 2008 |
| ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0060936428 / 9780060936426 |
| List Price: | $15.99 |
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| Amazon Price: | $10.87 |
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Product Description
In The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes, one of the nation's most-respected economic commentators, offers a striking reinterpretation of the Great Depression. She traces the mounting agony of the New Dealers and the moving stories of individual citizens who through their brave perseverance helped establish the steadfast character we recognize as American today.
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Customer Reviews:
• Brain-washed About Fdr?
26 February, 2010
I could hardly even imagine this question being asked before reading this book. My parents and their generation idolized FDR, who they said saved us from the Depression and lead us and the world to victory in WWII. He was `against big business' and `for the little guy'. It was like a mantra I heard as a kid every time FDR's name came up.
This book, however, paints another picture. We see an FDR who stifled business with regulation and law suits to effectively extend the Depression, who tried to pack the courts to get his agendas passed, who was blatantly unfair in his attacks on business or what this book calls `the forgotten man',
It almost felt like waking up from brain-washing. It gave me the same feeling I had about Churchill after reading Pat Buchanan's `The Unnecessary War'. According to the book, Churchill was also a first-rate warmonger and a leading reason for the demise of the British Empire and the post-WWII placement of countless millions of Europeans behind the Iron Curtain. I've also had the experience of being released from a common form of religious brain-washing, and this felt similar.
I still think FDR was a great man. He was not afraid to take charge, and, In particular, his sense of optimism inspired the nation and the world during the hardest times of the 20th century. I have been awed by his sense of confidence and responsibility and unshakable confidence.
But I like the balance I get after reading this book.
My recommendation: read and make up your own mind.
- Amazon Customer Review
• Lessons Of History
22 February, 2010
Very well written and dispassionate in approach. The author debunks a number of long-held beliefs concerning the great depression and the key decision makers of the time. Each significant participant and event are explained with the background and ideologies examined in a commonsense manner. The philosophies and actions of Hoover & Roosevelt show eerie parallels between then and now.
A most enjoyable book with many interesting, real-life characters.
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Forgotten Man
21 February, 2010
Read this b-4 you read Mark Levin's LIBERTY & TYRANY. You'll find the author's historical rendering of the times in which this book is about, is right on target. As a young person older adults used to talk about all the homeless and destitute people wandering on foot and in boxcars during the great depression. How they tried to help by feeding and allowing them to stay rent free on their property. I never understood why or what caused older people I knew in my life to stock up so much on certain supplies (toliet paper, canned foods ect.) I also wondered what was ment by "They had to live on the "county farm", or go to the county home. What was the WPA...? Ration Stamps, soup lines??? Child labor. This book really explains alot about that time in our history and brings to light the different mistakes made by our presidents and legislators that had an effect and caused our country to be pushed into such a sad time in our countries history. Hopefully by reading this book we can come into a better understanding of how to handle some of the similar problems we face economically and physically in todays world. This is an absolute must read, (or listen to).
- Amazon Customer Review
• The Forgotten Man
06 March, 2010
Extremely well researched and written. Also, provides easy reference to "cast of characters", and a "time line", by year, of relevant events occurring in that year.
I've read Jim Powell's "FDR's Folly: How Roosevelt and His New Deal Prolonged the Great Depression", also a very well researched and well written book. FDR's Folly was very technical in explaining it's case for the prolonged recovery.
Amity Shlaes, goes a step further by filling in the gaps regarding the relevant personalities involved in the New Deal by giving up-front-and-personal information on their backgrounds and interactions with one another and with FDR.
- Amazon Customer Review
• A Must Read
08 February, 2010
Anyone watching what is going on in the country today would learn the roots of the progressive movement.
- Amazon Customer Review
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