1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910785771703321

Titolo

Herbert Hoover and world peace [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lee Nash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, Inc., c2010

ISBN

1-283-59983-X

9786613912282

0-7618-5198-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

NashLee

Disciplina

327.73

Soggetti

Peace

Presidents - United States

United States Foreign relations 1929-1933

United States Politics and government 1929-1933

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Introduction; 1: Quaker President Herbert C. Hoover and American Foreign Policy; 2: Herbert Hoover and the League of Nations; 3: ""A Little of the Road to Peace"": Herbert Hoover and the World Court; 4: Herbert Hoover and the Struggle for European Economic Recovery in the 1920s; 5: Nonintervention, Nonrecognition, and Food: Herbert Hoover's Russian Policy, 1917-1925; 6: Herbert Hoover's Military Policy; 7: Blessed are the Peacemakers: The Hoover-Gibson Collaboration

8: Herbert Hoover and the Great Debates Over Foreign Policy, 1940-1941 and 1950-1951

Sommario/riassunto

This book summarizes Hoover's career-long efforts to preserve peace in the world and to help America avoid unnecessary wars. These essays illustrate the varied ways in which Hoover expressed and implemented his commitment to world peace, as humanitarian, advisor, cabinet member, president, citizen, and writer.