<DIV><p class="MsoNormal">You're no idiot, of course.  You're aware that Wall Street crashed in 1929, leading to a financial disaster that lasted more than a decade.  But despite what you've heard about “Black Tuesday,” the Great Depression didn't happen overnight or because of one bad day on Wall Street.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><i>The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Great Depression</i> will show you exactly how the economy collapsed – and how the United States survived it.  In this <i>Complete Idiot's Guide,</i> you get:</p> <ul> <li>The causes in the 1920s that led to the Black Tuesday market crash on October 29, 1929</st1:date></li> <li>How the administration under President Herbert Hoover attempted to manage the nationwide crisis.</li> <li>Franklin Delano Roosevelt's election, his formation of the Brain Trust, and his reassuring fireside chats.</li> <li>Soup kitchens, bread lines, homelessness, and other hardships Americans faced during the Depression.</li> <li>How Japan</st1:place></st1:country-region>'s attack on Pearl Harbor</st1:place> brought the country's economic woes and the Great Depression to an end.</li> </ul> <p> </p> </div>