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Freedom From Fear - Finished

Ratings from ABS active members:

Hartford Brown Broadcloth III:   4.0 / 5 stars

- not as good as Gordon Wood.  Wood more engaging on the personalities and culture of the time.

Cornelius Crowninshield III:  5 / 5 stars  **

- best ending of the Oxford series.  Never a part that wasn't engaging.  Surprised me by the balanced take on FDR. ***

Chester A. Worthington III:   4.5 / 5 stars

 - second half of the book was lacking in the detail that was in the first half of the book.    Missing the soldier's narrative in the war.

Parkington Sedwick, Esq.:  Paid administrative leave pending activity investigation


Ranking Oxford History of the United States
1.  Empire of Liberty
2.  Freedom from Fear *
3.  What Hath God Wrought *
4.  Republic for Which it Stands
5.  Glorious Cause
6.  Battle Cry of Freedom

* Chester A. Worthington III officially disagrees with the order of Freedom of Fear and What Hath God Wrought.  He has filed a motion to the ABS ranking committee.

** Currently under investigation pending the arrival of sports jacket. - resolved 3/09/18

*** Cornelius Crowninshield III may have a bias toward the last book he read.

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