wildly unpopular at the time of his 1940 reelection for a third term. The Miracle at Midway was the single greatest cryptographic intelligence success for the United States in WWII. Winston Churchill systematically avoided a cross-channel invasion of continental Europe for several years. 30% of American POWs in the Pacific theater lost their lives while only 2% of American POWs in the European theater died. Britain and the United States all but neglected the Russians and left them to fight Germany alone; there was never a single joint military undertaking in the entire war. This point was not lost on Stalin. As brutal as the Japanese were towards American forces, American soldiers used equally horrific tactics to defeat the Japanese. I only read the first half, up until WWII. Put simply, this is a masterful synthesis of major works in the field. Kennedy's addition to the Oxford History series focuses on America from the onset of the Depression until the end of the Second World War. His title is misleading. "The American People" are not the emphasis of this well-written overview. Instead, Kennedy examines the policies of Hoover and to a much greater extent FDR. Roosevelt, to Kennedy, is the unique individual by which this era ...more I only read the first half, up until WWII. Put simply, this is a masterful synthesis of major works in the field. Kennedy's addition to the Oxford History series focuses on America from the onset of the Depression until the end of the