The crusade years, 1933-1955 : Herbert Hoover's lost memoir of the New Deal Era and its aftermath (Hoover Institution Press publication 641.)
by Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964 (Author)
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Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career-and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955-this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s-and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's fa... Full description
- Front Cover; Title Page; Half Title; Copyright; Contents; Editor's Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Editor's Note on Sources and Editing Methods; Introduction; Part I: Some Notes on Family Life; Chapter 1: Family Life; Chapter 2: Recreation; Chapter 3: The Bohemian Club Encampment; Chapter 4: The Passing of Mrs. Hoover; Part II: Crusades for Benevolent Institutions; Chapter 5: Crusading for Benevolent Institutions; Part III: The Crusade against Collectivism in American Life; Introduction; Chapter 6: The Crusade Against Collectivism to the Presidential Campaign of 1936
- Chapter 7: The Crusade Against Collectivism-Continued: The Party Conventions and Campaign of 1936Chapter 8: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Landon Defeat Until the Congressional Election of 1938; Chapter 9: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Landon Defeat in 1936 to the Congressional Election in 1938 (Continued); Chapter 10: The Crusade AgainstCollectivism from the 1938 Congressional Election to the Presidential Election of 1940; Chapter 11: The Crusade AgainstCollectivism from the Election of 1940 to the Presidential Campaign of 1944
- Chapter 12: The Presidential Conventions and Campaigns of 1944Chapter 13: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Presidential Election of 1944 to the Congressional Election of 1946; Chapter 14: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Congressional Election of 1946 to the Presidential Election of 1948; Chapter 15: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Presidential Election of 1948 to the Presidential Election in 1952; Chapter 16: The Continental Crusade After 1952; Editor's Postscript to Part III; Appendix I: Other Crusades
- Appendix II: Selected Documents Pertaining to Hoover's Crusade Book ProjectAbout the Author and the Editor; Index; Illustration Sources/Credits