Robert Freeman (3)

Freeman is a pretty respectable name in the history field. I was surprised to see his name on this! This was a very short overview of the interwar years. Nothing was contained within that I had not already learned or do not teach when teaching modern history. I did disagree with two points contained within the book: 1) There was no great depression in Russia....their economy was up 400% 2) The population in the Sudetenland was 50% German. These are both contrary to what I had/have been show more taught at the college level. I would argue that Russia did not suffer from the Great Depression because they did not buy and sell on the open market. I would also argue that there was a large minority of Germans in the Sudetenland, but that it was more in the 30% range. Perhaps those numbers have been revised since the 1990's? However, I really have no desire to do more resear show less