‘The Boys in the Boat’ Movie Review

In 1936, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin. Only the Soviet Union and a small number of Jewish athletes refused to participate. Three years later Germany invaded Poland, four years later the Nazis marched into Paris, and five years later Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the deadliest conflict in world history. That timeline is a remarkable illustration of how quickly international relations can disintegrate.

During the interwar period and Great Depression, the U.S. unemployment rate reached 20 percent — a trend the mobilization of a wartime economy would help reverse.

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Madeleine Kearns

Madeleine Kearns is a former staff writer at National Review.

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In 1936, the Olympic Games were held in Berlin. Only the Soviet Union and a small number of Jewish athletes refused to participate. Three years later Germany invaded Poland, four years later the Nazis marched into Paris, and five years later Japanese forces bombed Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into the deadliest conflict in world history. That timeline is a remarkable illustration of how quickly international relations can disintegrate.

During the interwar period and Great Depression, the U.S. unemployment rate reached 20 percent — a trend the mobilization of a wartime economy would help reverse.