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Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939
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From a world-renowned cultural historian, an original look at the hidden commonalities among Fascism, Nazism, and the New Deal
Today Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to an economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, shocking as it may seem, these regimes were hardl ...more
Today Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal is regarded as the democratic ideal, the positive American response to an economic crisis that propelled Germany and Italy toward Fascism. Yet in the 1930s, shocking as it may seem, these regimes were hardl ...more
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Hardcover, 256 pages
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August 22nd 2006
by Metropolitan Books
(first published 2005)
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This book, a brief work of cultural history, outlines four parallel aspects of three political systems: the American New Deal, Italian Fascism, and German Nazism. The point of "Three New Deals" is that these political systems shared core similarities in certain programmatic manifestations. The author, Wolfgang Schivelbusch, fortunately does not claim that the three systems were essentially the same. He offers, instead, a discussion of the interplay between the governed and the governors in each
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This is a fascinating comparative analysis of three nations' political response to the economic and social crisis of the Great Depression. While the United States, Germany, and Italy operated from three different political systems, there was a large overlap among the solutions they used to restore economic and social vitality.
Social historian Wolfgang Schivelbusch's book is well researched, deftly analyzed, and tightly written. The narrative notes concerns on the political left as well as the ri ...more
Social historian Wolfgang Schivelbusch's book is well researched, deftly analyzed, and tightly written. The narrative notes concerns on the political left as well as the ri ...more
Aug 08, 2010
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Fascinating and surprising comparison of the administrations of Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler. Remember, as the author writes, quoting someone else "to compare is not the same as to equate." Schivelbusch is comparing some very specific features of the administrations including their promotion of large, even grandiose, public works projects, their use of propaganda and social pressure to create "voluntary compulsion" as he writes, and their skill at seeming to be addressing the "common man."
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The book opens up the under-explored connections between The New Deal in America, and similar programs of revitalization and unification carried out simultaneously in Europe. I am not sure why he omits any discussion of the Soviet Union, which surely would provide similarly resonant examples. To the close-minded or excessively political reader this may seem an unwarranted book, but I suggest that before dismissing it one meditate, for a moment on the TVA or the NRA blue eagle campaign. Unfortuna
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A fascinating examination of the similarities between Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, and Roosevelt’s America. The comparisons are interesting, but the thesis is shallow and non-confrontational. A nice inquiry into the general mind of western politics in the 1930’s and that’s about all you get. It wasn’t disappointing, just underwhelming.
Not a bad book, but not quite the book I had hoped for. It felt as if it was seen from a little too high up, too many generalities, which were then repeated in different combinations. Once again I read a book that felt padded.
Yazarın Keyif Verici Maddelerin Tarihi (Cennet, Tat ve Mantık) isimli kitabını okuyup çok beğenmiş, bu kitabını da çarpıcı başlığı ve o kitabının hatırına almıştım. Çok bir şey olmadığını kitabın içinde söyleyerek başlayayım.
İtalyan Faşizmi, Alman Nasyonal Sosyalizmi'nin birbirinin farklı ülkelerdeki uygulamaları olduğunu bilmeyen yoktur herhalde. Yazarın iddiası, demokrasinin elle tutulur hale geldiği ABD'de 1929 ekonomik bunalımı sonrasında iktidara gelen Rooswelt ve onun savunduğu New Deal ...more
İtalyan Faşizmi, Alman Nasyonal Sosyalizmi'nin birbirinin farklı ülkelerdeki uygulamaları olduğunu bilmeyen yoktur herhalde. Yazarın iddiası, demokrasinin elle tutulur hale geldiği ABD'de 1929 ekonomik bunalımı sonrasında iktidara gelen Rooswelt ve onun savunduğu New Deal ...more
This is a good book, once you get past the introduction. The author tried to make an initial tie across the commonality of FDR's, Hitler's, and Mussolini's cultural visions by reference to the monumental architecture that was created during all three regimes. While an interesting observation, in my opinion it made for a very strained and tenuous introduction to the subject matter of the book. Once past that chapter it becomes a much more engrossing book.
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Aug 05, 2019
Lance Greenlee
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Just finished the first chapter (will update later). I find the author first gives a thesis (Roosevelt's economy was similar to Mussolini), but then instead of explaining HOW FDR's economy was similar to the Italian model, he at length quotes reporters and politicians that echo his thesis. Okay, so many people agree that the two were similar, but we never get any examples of that similarity.
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This book is an excellent explanation of how the Democrats of today are fascists.
Didn't take long to get through this niche title. The author even alludes to the now non-existent field on American Fascism, though any basic analysis of history explains why. Interesting to look at the New Deal and the burgeoning fascist regimes developing at the same time with a handful of the same ideas, but Schivelbusch overlooks that all three leaders/nations had no other viable choice but to innovate. As the previous systems had been doing the same thing for the past two decades, the only
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Besides having the world's best name, Schivelbusch is also a fantastic writer. While this book is primarily based on existing research, he is able to pull together various sources to make a compelling argument: that the various governmental projects under Roosevelt, Mussolini and Hitler had certain aspects in common (e.g. public works, propaganda, focus on the land). Schivelbusch also constantly reminds us (smartly) that to compare is not to equate, and his argument is a fascinating one. This bo
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I wish that I could rate this book more highly, but I found its pace and lack of wit significant drawbacks. Although always illuminating this book has a very dry and matter of fact style that prevents the reader from enjoying it greatly. Schivelbusch firmly establishes his thesis that Roosevelt, Hitler, and Mussolini shared much in common in how they changed their nations. That accomplishment makes this book a good read for historians and lovers of politics; its lack of style, however, will make
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Sometimes books sit on the shelf, aging like a bottle of wine, waiting for the proper moment. A student, who had served in various military combat roles across the globe, lamented during a presentation recently how insulated many Americans are regarding the real state of the world. This and the bizarre political season we are in, prompted me to pick up this book. An interesting and thought provoking read.
"[propaganda] is to the will of a regime what the automatic transmission is to an automobile engine."
more like a 3.5 stars review. in keeping with schivelbusch's writing style, the book is clearly written and articulated, and quite informative. a few unsupported claims are sprinkled here and there, which brought the review down. ...more
more like a 3.5 stars review. in keeping with schivelbusch's writing style, the book is clearly written and articulated, and quite informative. a few unsupported claims are sprinkled here and there, which brought the review down. ...more
Schivelbusch makes a good case for the parallels between Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, but I pretty much believed that going in. I thought a lot of his observations were interesting, less impressed with his conclusions.
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While agreeing with the central point, that all three grew in a large part from the same sort of soil, and enjoying the writing style, much of the book kinda turned me off. I'm still trying to figure out what it was that did that.
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Can't really disagree with this review - limited discussion, barely mentions Italy really, would have liked a bit more meat. Enjoyable but hardly world-shattering.
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i'm just smitten with schivelbusch. it is limited in scope, but i sheds important like on the changes in the nature of the state in the 1930s.
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