{"product_id":"three-new-deals-reflections-on-roosevelts-america-mussolinis-italy-and-hitlers-germany-19331939-9780805074529","title":"Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America  Mussolini's Italy  and Hitler's Germany  1933-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a world-renowned cultural historian  an original look at the hidden commonalities among Fascism  Nazism  and the New Deal  Today Franklin Delano Roosevelts 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 hardly considered antithetical. Now  Wolfgang Schivelbusch investigates the shared elements of these three \"new deals\" to offer a striking explanation for the popularity of Europes totalitarian systems.  Returning to the Depression  Schivelbusch traces the emergence of a new type of state: bolstered by mass propaganda  led by a charismatic figure  and projecting stability and power. He uncovers stunning similarities among the three regimes: the symbolic importance of gigantic public works programs like the TVA dams and the German autobahn  which not only put people back to work but embodied the states authority; the seductive persuasiveness of Roosevelts fireside chats and Mussolinis radio talks; the vogue for monumental architecture stamped on Washington  as on Berlin; and the omnipresent banners enlisting citizens as loyal followers of the state.  Far from equating Roosevelt  Hitler  and Mussolini or minimizing their acute differences  Schivelbusch proposes that the populist and paternalist qualities common to their states hold the key to the puzzling allegiance once granted to Europes most tyrannical regimes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651867402293,"sku":"ByrdShop_080507452X","price":30.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780805074529.jpg?v=1781842983","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/three-new-deals-reflections-on-roosevelts-america-mussolinis-italy-and-hitlers-germany-19331939-9780805074529","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}