Depression, War, and Cold War: Challenging the Myths of Conflict and Prosperity

by Robert Higgs

Book Overview

Offering a powerful interpretation of U.S. political economy from the early-1930s to the end of the Cold War, this resource refutes many popular myths about the Great Depression and New Deal, the World War II economy, and the postwar national-security state that is still so pervasive today. What accounts for the extraordinary duration of the Great Depression? How did the war alter relations between government and leaders of big business?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598130293
• ISBN13: 9781598130294
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Independent Institute
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.9"