The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great, Kaye Harvey J.

On January 6, 1941, the Greatest Generation gave voice to its founding principles, the Four Freedoms: Freedom from want and from fear. Freedom of speech and religion. In the name of the Four Freedoms they fought the Great Depression. In the name of the Four Freedoms they defeated the Axis powers. In the process they made the United States the richest and most powerful country on Earth. And, despite a powerful, reactionary opposition, the men and women of the Greatest Generation made America freer, more equal, and more democratic than ever before.

Harvey Kaye gives passionate voice to the Greatest Generation and argues not only that the root of their greatness stemmed from their commitment to equality, change, and progressive politics, but why modern generations should follow their lead. In Kayes hands, history becomes a call for action. Now he retells this generations full story and reclaims their progressive influence throughout the twentieth century.