This Holiday Weekend watch booktv on cspan2. Gay [inaudible conversations] etna [inaudible conversations] good evening. And welcome to the mid Manhattan Branch of the public library, thank you for joining us this evening. Tonights program is jayhawk based on the authors recent book 1932 the rise of hitler and fdr2 tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny. In 1932, two digression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. Americas president ial choices were gregarious aristocrat Franklin Roosevelt or tarnished wonder boy Herbert Hoover. Germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two president ial contests, not a reactionary hindenburg against rising radical hatemonger adolf hitler. As unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced on disoriented societies, merciless worldwide Great Depression bought opportunity for a transformation, perhaps hopeful, perhaps did the. Through fd ares new deal and hit theirs third reich, desti
Good evening. And welcome to the mid Manhattan Branch of the New York Public Library. Thank you for joining us this evening. Tonights program is a talk based on the authors recent book 1932 the rise of hit her and fdr. Two tales of politics, betrayal, and unlikely destiny. In 1932, two depression battered nations confronted their destiny, going to the polls to choose new leaders. Americas president ial choices were gregarious athis tocrat Franklin Roosevelt, or tarnished wonder boy, Herbert Hoover. Germany suffered two rounds of bloody elections, and two president ial contests. Reactionary, paul von pin den berg against rising radical hate monger, Adolph Hitler. As unstoppable politics and economic forces advanced upon weakened, disoriented societies, a merciless worldwide Great Depression brought opportunity for a transformation. Perhaps hopeful. Perhaps deadly. Through fdrs new deal and hitlers third reich. Destiny unrolls, but reviewing history may reveal whether the outcomes of the