| 1932: The Rise of Hitler and Fdr-Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny Contributor(s): Pietrusza, David (Author), Stifel, David (Read by) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798200364657 Publisher: Tantor Audio OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State - History | United States - 20th Century - History | Europe - Germany |
| Dewey: 973.917 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Two Depression-battered nations confronted destiny in 1932, going to the polls in their own way to anoint new leaders, to rescue their people from starvation and hopelessness. America would elect a Congress and a president--ebullient aristocrat Franklin Roosevelt or tarnished Wonder Boy Herbert Hoover. Decadent, divided Weimar Germany faced two rounds of bloody Reichstag elections and two presidential contests--doddering reactionary Paul von Hindenburg against rising radical hate-monger Adolf Hitler. The outcome seemed foreordained--unstoppable forces advancing upon crumbled, disoriented societies. A merciless Great Depression brought greater--perhaps hopeful, perhaps deadly--transformation: FDR's New Deal and Hitler's Third Reich. But neither outcome was inevitable. |