About the Author

David Kennedy is Donald J. MacLachlan Professor of History at Stanford University. He is the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Freedom From Fear, a volume in the Oxford History of the United States series.

Reviews

"Probably the best, the coolest, the most objective and solid one volume it is now possible to write."--The Historian
"A major contribution to the historiography of the war years.... At its most ambitious level, Over Here is intended to be read as a study in American national character."--The Journal of American History
"A very careful and thoughtful study, fascinating in its insight, panoramic in its sweep."--The American Historical Review
"This is one of those rare books rich with ideas that provide the mind with genuinely new perceptions." --American Heritage