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The Glory and the Dream A Narrative History of America, 1932-1972 (Two Volumes in One)

William Manchester

This great time capsule of a book captures the abundant popular history of the United States from 1932 to 1972. It encompasses politics, military history, economics, the lively arts, science, fashion, fads, social change, communications, graffiti...everything and anything indigenous that can be capt...

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Behind the Bastards

It was described as detailing the fear that upper-class Americans had of a lower-class revolt leading up to Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration, with some taking extreme measures to protect themselves.

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Among the propertied classes, he writes, the distinction between the poor wanting bread and a full-on communist revolutionary was often non-existent.

— Episode: Behind the Insurrections - The Business...

Episode: Behind the Insurrections - The Business Plot: When...

It was described as detailing the fear that upper-class Americans had of a lower-class revolt leading up to Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration, with some taking extreme measures to protect themselves.

"

Among the propertied classes, he writes, the distinction between the poor wanting bread and a full-on communist revolutionary was often non-existent.

The rich would have to take their security into their own hands. If the government could not keep order, each man must look to his own.

Episode: Behind the Insurrections - The Business Plot: When...

It was described as detailing the fear among the upper class of a lower-class revolt, particularly before Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration, leading them to believe they needed to take their own security into their hands.

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Among the propertied classes, he writes, the distinction between the poor wanting bread and a full-on communist revolutionary was often non-existent.

The rich would have to take their security into their own hands. If the government could not keep order, each man must look to his own.

The paranoid elites were not really so paranoid. The evidence strongly suggests, he writes, that had Roosevelt in fact been another Hoover, the United States would have followed seven Latin American countries whose governments had been overthrown by depression victims.

Episode: Behind the Insurrections - The Business Plot: When...

It was described as detailing the fear among the upper class of a communist revolution and the potential for a lower-class revolt, leading them to seek self-preservation.

"

Among the propertied classes, he writes, the distinction between the poor wanting bread and a full-on communist revolutionary was often non-existent.

The rich would have to take their security into their own hands. If the government could not keep order, each man must look to his own.

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