The Great Depression began when the never-ending party of the Roaring Twenties came to a sudden half. On October 29, 1929, which became known as (3z(BBlack Tuesday,(3y (Bthe stock market crashed, starting a downward economic slide.
An overview of the major cultural forms of the United States in the 1930s, covering literature and drama, music and radio, film and photography, and art and design, with case studies, illustrations, and a chronology.
A sociological examination of Nazi Party members that studies who joined the Nazi Party between 1925 and 1933 and why they did; asserts that the major reason for Nazi membership was material self-interest.
Examines the mass murders committed by the Nazi and Stalinist regimes, describing how the killings were more widespread than many believed, and explores how those crimes influenced other events in modern history.
Investigates the Nazi plans for world domination through control of Europe, explains how and why they lost sight of their goal, and speculates on what the world might have been like if they had been successful.