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This book is likely to rank as the standard source on the Hoover Presidency for years to come.
These persuasive essays, which are the product of a Conversation in the Discipline held at State University of New York at Geneseo in 1973, offer a definitive reevaluation of the Hoover era in the centennial year of his birth.
Herbert Clark Hoover (10 August 1874-20 October 1964), the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933), was a successful mining engineer, the peoples icon, and administrator. He showed the Efficiency Movement component of the Progressive Era, arguing there were other solutions to all social and economic problems - a position that was challenged by the Great Depression that began while he was President. Hoover had a distinguished public service career before becoming president at a time of great religious and social turmoil. He had the misfortune to arrive at the presidency at the same time as the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the outset of the Great Depression and his legacy to this day carries that stigma. He nevertheless is generally ranked in the middle of the pack of effective presidents.
The Republican efficiency expert whose economic boosterism met its match in the Great Depression Catapulted into national politics by his heroic campaigns to feed Europe during and after World War I, Herbert Hoover—an engineer by training—exemplified the economic optimism of the 1920s. As president, however, Hoover was sorely tested by America's first crisis of the twentieth century: the Great Depression. Renowned New Deal historian William E. Leuchtenburg demonstrates how Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government and his belief that volunteerism would solve all social ills. As Leuchtenburg shows, Hoover's attempts to enlist the aid of private- sector leaders did little to mitigate the Depression, and he was routed from office by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932. From his retirement at Stanford University, Hoover remained a vocal critic of the New Deal and big government until the end of his long life. Leuchtenburg offers a frank, thoughtful portrait of this lifelong public servant, and shrewdly assesses Hoover's policies and legacy in the face of one of the darkest periods of American history.
Describes the uphill battle faced by the thirty-first president, who served his single term during the Great Depression, portraying the man as bright, well-meaning, and energetic but ultimately lacking in the tools of leadership. --Publisher.
Traces the childhood, education, employment, and political career of this president.
The volume by President Hoover is organized as follows: Introduction The Origins of the Depression 1. The Origins of the Great Depression 2. We Attempt to Stop the Orgy of Speculation 3. Our Weak American Banking System 4. Federal Government Responsibilities and Functions in Economic Crises Remedial Measures 5. A Summary of the Evolution of the Depression 6. First Phase of the Depression – October, 1929, to April, 1931 7. Second Phase of the Depression-April to August, 1931 8. Third Phase of the Depression—August to November, 1931 9. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 10. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 11. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 12. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 13. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 14. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 15. Fourth Phase of the Depression-November, 1931, to July, 1932 (Cont’d) 16. Action From the Adjournment of Congress in July Until the 17. Fifth Phase of the Depression-September, 1932, to March, 1933 18. Ominous Economic Signs The Presidential Election of 1932 19. The Background of the 1932 Campaign 20. The Campaign Debate 21. Charges of Responsibility for the Depression 22. The “Hoover Did Nothing” Issue 23. The Federal Expenses and Tax Issue 24. The Gold Standard and Managed Currency Issues 25. The Tariff Issue 26. Agricultural Issues 27. Labor, Relief, and Public Works Issues 28. The Prohibition Issue 29. Business Regulation Issues 30. Collectivism by “Planned Economy” 31. Home Again The Aftermath 32. The Aftermath 33. Building the Trojan Horse of Emergency 34. The Recognition of Russia and the World Economic Conference in 1933 35. Usurpation of Power 36. Collectivism Comes to the Currency—and Its Consequences 37. Fascism Comes to Agriculture 38. Fascism Comes to Business—With Dire Consequences 39. Fascism Comes to Labor—With Consequences 40. Introduction to Socialism Through Electrical Power 41. Direct Relief and Public Works 42. Collectivism by Thought Control and Smear 43. Some Good Actions 44. The Expenditures, Accounting and Statistics 45. The Consequences
In the long life of Herbert Hoover, the four years as president of the United States, 1929-1933, sometimes appear as only an interlude in a fruitful public career. Yet those years in the life of the nation were of crucial significance. The decades that have passed since then have revealed how the political and economic struggles in those presidential years shook the foundations of government in the United States. Action in the national interest was made exceedingly difficult as the special interests of states and sections, and the demands of local constituencies on their elected representatives in the nation's capital, inhibited action. That political conflict, which occurred at a crossroads in American history, is the primary concern of this book.