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Autore |
Hoover Herbert <1874-1964, > |
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Titolo |
The crusade years, 1933-1955 : Herbert Hoover's lost memoir of the New Deal Era and its aftermath / / edited with an introduction by George H. Nash |
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Stanford, California : , : Hoover Institution Press, , 2013 |
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ISBN |
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0-8179-1676-8 |
0-8179-1678-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (969 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; number 641 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Presidents - United States |
Ex-presidents - United States |
United States Politics and government 1933-1945 |
United States Politics and government 1945-1989 |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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part I. Some notes on family life -- part II. Crusades for benevolent institutions -- part III. The crusade against collectivism in American life -- part IV. Crusade against American entry into World War II -- part V. The crusade against the four horsemen in World War II - part VI. Crusade for less involvement in Europe. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 1940's and 1950's-and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests, and, most of all, his unrelenting "crusade against collectivism" in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman |
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