Wwii

Summary The story is told by Howard W. Campbell, a convicted Nazi propagandist, who is awaiting trial in an Israeli prison. He writes a type of memoir about his own life and experiences. Campbell grows up in Nazi Germany, becoming the “voice” of Goebbels’ Propaganda ministry. What the Nazis don’t know is that shortly before the war, Campbell had been contacted by an American spymaster. The speeches Campbell made were encoded with information for allied intelligence agencies. Thanks to this service, American intelligence agents allow him to escape Germany and live an anonymous life in New York. His past will continue to haunt him, and through a series of twists and coincidences, his will to live is crushed, which leads him to turn himself in to the Israeli authorities to stand trial for his crimes. ...

Summary This book follows the careers of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, focusing on the second half of FDR’s administration from 1940 to 1945. By this time, Franklin had been the U.S. President for nearly two full terms. During those two terms, he had transformed the federal government to an almost unrecognizable extent, implementing many policies we now take for granted, like Social Security, the FDIC, the SEC, and the 40-hour workweek. These policies were part of a larger platform known as the “New Deal,” which was essentially a labor reform agenda that emerged during the Great Depression. ...