RaveChicago TribuneDavid M. Kennedy has undertaken an original approach to modern history ... Freedom From Fear is more than one president\'s personal and political story. It\'s a wide-angle look at America in peace and war that brings into focus the nature of leadership and the conflicting regional and philosophical divisions in the nation ... Kennedy succeeds in providing a panoramic view of the great battles in every theater of warfare ... Based on his detailed footnotes and very helpful bibliographic essay, it\'s evident he has done a superb job of research in his military as well as his home-front writings ... The kind of book prizes are made for.