Episode 125 - Killing Time

The year 1932 was a special low point of the Great Depression in the US not just because of the material devastation for people, but also because how little was done to address the crisis. The Hoover administration revealed how incapable the traditional Conservative orthodoxy was at repairing the nation, and the year became a grim waiting game for FDR and the resurgent Democrats to takeover. 

 

Bibliography for this episode: 

 

1. Kennedy, David M. Freedom From Fear: The American People in Depression and War 1929-1945 Oxford University Press 1999
2. Schlesinger Jr, Arthur M. The Age of Roosevelt: The Crisis of the Old Order 1919-1933 First Mariner Books 2003
3. Whyte, Kenneth Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times Vintage Books 2017

 

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