num_pages: 292
description: An inspiring call to redeem the progressive legacy of the greatest generation now under threat as never before.On January 6 1941 the Greatest Generation gave voice to its founding principles the Four Freedom from want and from fear. Freedom of speech and religion. In the name of the Four Freedoms they fought the Great Depression. In the name of the Four Freedoms they defeated the Axis powers.In the process they made the United States the richest and most powerful country on Earth. And despite a powerful reactionary opposition the men and women of the Greatest Generation made America freer more equal and more democratic than ever before.Now when all they fought for is under siege we need to remember their full achievement and so armed take up again the fight for the Four Freedoms.
language: English
title: The Fight for the Four Freedoms: What Made FDR and the Greatest Generation Truly Great
publisher: Simon & Schuster