Many historians dismiss him as merely ineffective. Often considered placid, passive, unsympathetic, and even paralyzed by national events, Hoover faced an uphill battle in the face of the Great Depression. Herbert Clark Hoover was the thirty-first President of the United States. Herbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency by Charles Rappleye Herbert Hoover: A Public Life by David Burner 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. 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. Leuchtenburg demonstrates how Hoover was blinkered by his distrust of government and his belief that volunteerism would solve all social ills. It is also a stunning reappraisal of 20th-century history, across a canvas as large as the world itself. The Best Books About Herbert Hoover (Tie)Īn Uncommon Man: The Triumph of Herbert Hoover by Richard Norton Smithīased on more than two hundred interviews and thousands of pages of private papers, it is the first truly intimate look at the man dismissed by contemporaries.
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