This volume launches what will be the definitive biography of one of t most accomplished yet elusive and misunderstood figures in American history. Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) was a man of remarkable achievements and a succession of careers who spent over fifty years in public service. Yet, to this day, he is one of America's least known leaders, a man stigmatized because he served as president during the grim early yeas of the Great Depression.

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Engineer 1874-1914 (001)

Biographies & Memoirs

Nash, George H.

Leaders & Notable People

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

It has been said that Herbert Hoover was responsible for saving more lives than any other person in history with his efforts in the Commission of Relief in Belgium. This side of Hoover is the focus of Nash's comprehensive volume. At the outbreak of World War I, Hoover was a wealthy mining engineer living in London. In a short time, he became the founder and brilliant director of an unprecedented international relief organization, which provided desperately needed food to more than 9,000,000 Belgian and French citizens trapped between the German army of occupation and the British naval blockade. By 1919, when his Commission for Relief in Belgium closed its operations it had expended nearly $1 billion―and had created a twentieth century hero. By then, Hoover had embarked on the "slippery road of public life," which eventually led him to the White House door. This book―based on research conducted on three continents―is the second volume of Dr. Nash's definitive account of Hoover's life.

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 (Life of Herbert Hoover, Vol. 2)

W.W.Norton&Company

The third volume in what the National Review has called a "magisterial work of scholarship on one of our least-known presidents, and an important era in American history."National Review has called a "magisterial work of scholarship on one of our least-known presidents, and an important era in American history." The entry of the United States into the First World War in late 1911 found Herbert Hoover at a crossroads. Three years earlier, he had been a successful mining engineer in London. Then, as the war intensified in Europe, Hoover founded and led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, which provided desperately needed fuel to more than nine million Belgian and French citizens trapped between the German army of occupation and the British naval blockade. That emergency undertaking eventually evolved into one of the greatest humanitarian enterprises in history. It also brought Hoover into international prominence. Here Herbert Hoover moves toward Washington and center stage in his own country. Shortly after the United States's declaration of war, he entered into able service under Woodrow Wilson as a member of the President's War Cabinet and U.S. Food Administration. His goal was to standardize food production to control surging food prices, and to create surpluses of exportable foodstuffs for America's allies. "Food will win the war" became Hoover's slogan. Hoover encountered the tumult of district politics and became both agent and catalyst of the moment in American lives when a traditionally decentralized economy was coming under price control and other forms of governmental restraint. We see Hoover as builder and bureaucrat, a man who brought force, drive, and ability into the service of his country.

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Master of Emergencies, 1917-1918

National Review has called this book a "magisterial work of scholarship on one of our least-known presidents, and an important era in American history." The entry of the United States into the First World War in late 1911 found Herbert Hoover at a crossroads. Three years earlier, he had been a successful mining engineer in London. Then, as the war intensified in Europe, Hoover founded and led the Commission for Relief in Belgium, which provided desperately needed fuel to more than nine million Belgian and French citizens trapped between the German army of occupation and the British naval blockade. That emergency undertaking eventually evolved into one of the greatest humanitarian enterprises in history. It also brought Hoover into international prominence.Here Herbert Hoover moves toward Washington and center stage in his own country. Shortly after the United States's declaration of war, he entered into able service under Woodrow Wilson as a member of the President's War Cabinet and U.S. Food Administration. His goal was to standardize food production to control surging food prices, and to create surpluses of exportable foodstuffs for America's allies. "Food will win the war" became Hoover's slogan.

Historical

It has been said that Herbert Hoover was responsible for saving more lives than any other person in history. This phenomenal achievement, long obscured by the trauma of the Great Depression, is the focus of the second volume in George Nash's definitive life of Hoover, which has been hailed as "one of the great biographies in American political history" (Wall Street Journal).At the outbreak of World War I, Hoover was a wealthy mining engineer and businessman living in London. In a short time, he became the founder and brilliant director of an unprecedented international relief organization, which provided desperately needed food to more than 9,000,000 Belgian and French citizens trapped between the German army of occupation and the British naval blockade. By 1919, when his Commission for Relief in Belgium closed its operations, it had expended nearly $1 billion--and had created a twentieth-century hero.By then, Hoover had irrevocably embarked on "the slippery road of public life," which eventually led him to the White House door. This book--based on research conducted on three continents--is the second volume in Dr. Nash's definitive account of Hoover's life.

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914-1917

George Nash's research reveals the enduring ties that bound Hoover to Stanford University.

HERBERT HOOVER & STANFORD UNIVERSITY (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION) (Volume 369)

Hoover Institution Press

Historian, scholar and lecturer George H. Nash's select bibliography of books that inspired and influenced the ideas, ideologies and personal lives of America's Founding Fathers.  Published and presented by Dr. Nash at the University of Louisville's McConnell Center in celebration of Constitution Day, 2007.

Books and the founding fathers (The Center for the Book viewpoint series)

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Library of Congress

Hardcover with dust jacket. G/VG. Very slight edge wear to boards. Else good. Dust jacket covered with mylar.

The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945

History

Americas

ISI Books

First published in 1976, and revised in 1996, George H. Nash’s celebrated history of the postwar conservative intellectual movement has become the unquestioned standard in the field. This new edition, published in commemoration of the volume’s thirtieth anniversary, includes a new preface by Nash and will continue to instruct anyone interested in how today’s conservative movement was born.

The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America

An appreciation of modern philosopher and University of Chicago English professor Richard M. Weaver -- and an analysis of the continuing relevance of his best known work, Ideas Have Consequences -- this fiftieth anniversary essay collection is edited by Weaver's authorized biographer.

Steps Toward Restoration: The Consequences of Richard Weaver's Ideas

Politics & Social Sciences

Montgomery, Marion

Evanx, M. Stanton

Philosophy

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The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Engineer 1874-1914 (001)

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914-1917 (Life of Herbert Hoover, Vol. 2)

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Master of Emergencies, 1917-1918

The Life of Herbert Hoover: Master of Emergencies, 1917-1918

The Life of Herbert Hoover: The Humanitarian, 1914-1917

HERBERT HOOVER & STANFORD UNIVERSITY (HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION) (Volume 369)

Books and the founding fathers (The Center for the Book viewpoint series)

The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since 1945

The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America

Steps Toward Restoration: The Consequences of Richard Weaver's Ideas