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"Written with the non-economist in mind, the book focuses on four central questions: What were the origins of the depression? Why was it so severe? How far, and in what ways, did the European economy recover? And what were the implications of that recovery for political relations in, and between, nations?" "The book examines recent research into the causes of the depression, notably the role of the gold standard 'system'. It gives equal weight to...

"In this book, Eric Rauchway shows how the newly central role of the United States in the years between World Wars I and II made errors of American leadership into world-shaking events. The scope of the crisis made way for the dramatic and controversial leadership of Franklin Roosevelt, whose New Deal set the United States on an entirely new political course." "Rauchway presents the New Deal's principal successes and failures, showing why some of...