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Herbert Hoover in the White House

the ordeal of the presidency

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An edition of Herbert Hoover in the White House (2016)

Herbert Hoover in the White House

the ordeal of the presidency

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

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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

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Language
English
Pages
554

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Subjects
Politics and government, Presidents, Biography, History, Presidents, united states, United states, politics and government, 1919-1933, Hoover, herbert, 1874-1964
People
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964)
Places
United States
Times
1929-1933

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Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency
2017, Simon & Schuster
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Cover of: Herbert Hoover in the White House
Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency
2016, Simon & Schuster
in English
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Herbert Hoover in the White House: the ordeal of the presidency
2016, Simon & Schuster
in English - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Table of Contents

Part I. The rise and fall of Herbert Hoover
He did not choose
A political diptych
Flashpoints, and a landslide
"Hoover the silent"
Bright with hope
The Wall Street Frankenstein
The special session
The crash
The president's hair shirts
"The peculiar weakness of Mr. Hoover"
Part II. War on a thousand fronts
Challenging facts
Friction at the Fed
The ground gives way
Playing politics with human misery
The ghost of Grover Cleveland
Credit crunch
The Gibraltar of world stability
Reconstruction
Part III. The bitter end
Roosevelt rising
The conflicted candidate
Evil magic
President reject
Interregnum
The sound of crashing banks.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-525) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.91/6092, B
Library of Congress
E802 .R335 2016, E802.R335 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xx, 554 pages
Number of pages
554

ID Numbers

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OL27207687M
ISBN 10
1451648677
ISBN 13
9781451648676
LCCN
2015027333
OCLC/WorldCat
913829593

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