It is a common believe that you can boil a frog to dead. Truth or not it is my impression of what happened to the USA founded by Thomas Jefferson and the rest of the Founding Fathers. The USA today, and most of the western world, is far from the country build in the late XVIII century.
I always wonder how such change could be permitted. Amity Shlaes fill a big part of the puzzle by vividly describing the Roosevelth era. He and his Stalin captivated socialist intellectuals were not a progressive but disruptive force. Much of the big changes in government role began during this years.
The Forgotten Man is an important reading for all who are concerned with the present times. A call to action to fight for Freedom and its principles. Pres. Obama is FDR reloaded and I hope that in 70 years we won't be reading the book "You didn't build it" describing the last stroke of socialism over the free world.
Shales made an excellent job reenacting this inflection time in history.
I always wonder how such change could be permitted. Amity Shlaes fill a big part of the puzzle by vividly describing the Roosevelth era. He and his Stalin captivated socialist intellectuals were not a progressive but disruptive force. Much of the big changes in government role began during this years.
The Forgotten Man is an important reading for all who are concerned with the present times. A call to action to fight for Freedom and its principles. Pres. Obama is FDR reloaded and I hope that in 70 years we won't be reading the book "You didn't build it" describing the last stroke of socialism over the free world.
Shales made an excellent job reenacting this inflection time in history.
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
