Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency /
Rappleye, Charles,
Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency / Charles Rappleye. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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
9781451648676 1451648677
2015027333
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.
Biographies.
Herbert Hoover in the White House : the ordeal of the presidency / Charles Rappleye. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - xx, 554 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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
9781451648676 1451648677
2015027333
Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--History--20th century.
United States--Politics and government--1929-1933.
Biographies.