Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms address was more than a great speech. The way FDR framed what Americans fought for during World War II--specifically for freedom of speech, freedom from want, freedom of religion and freedom from fear--and the way our understanding of those freedoms has evolved over time, helped define how Americans conceived of themselves from the 1940s to our present day.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms address was more than a great speech. The way FDR framed what Americans fought for during World War II--specifically for freedom of speech, freedom from want, freedom of religion and freedom from fear--and the way our understanding of those freedoms has evolved over time, helped define how Americans conceived of themselves from the 1940s to our present day.
Jeffrey A. Engel is founding director of the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University. Engel has authored or edited eight books on American foreign policy, including Cold War at 30, Feet: The Anglo-American Fight for Aviation Supremacy, The China Diary of George H.W. Bush: The Making of a Global President, The Fall of the Berlin Wall: The Revolutionary Legacy of 1989 (OUP, 2009), and Into the Desert: Reflections on the Gulf War (OUP, 2012).
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Introduction Ch 1 Freedom of Speech- Linda Eades, Southern Methodist University Ch 2 Freedom from Want- Matthew Jones, London School of Economics Ch 3 Freedom of Religion- Tisse Wenger, Yale University Ch 4 Freedom from Fear- Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut Ch 5 The Afterlives of the Four Freedoms- William Hitchcock, University of Virginia Photo essay Bibliography Index
Introduction Ch 1 Freedom of Speech- Linda Eades, Southern Methodist University Ch 2 Freedom from Want- Matthew Jones, London School of Economics Ch 3 Freedom of Religion- Tisse Wenger, Yale University Ch 4 Freedom from Fear- Frank Costigliola, University of Connecticut Ch 5 The Afterlives of the Four Freedoms- William Hitchcock, University of Virginia Photo essay Bibliography Index
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