Herbert Hoover

First Ladies: Influence and Image Lou Hoover

C-SPAN recently traveled to Stanford to learn about Lou Henry Hoover for an upcoming episode in the series First Ladies: Influence and Image, which aill air on C-SPAN on Monday, October 14.

Herbert Hoover's Indictment of Allied Strategy

Nicholas Siekierski, an assistant archivist for exhibits and outreach for the Hoover Institution, writes that the great work of Herbert Hoover’s lifetime, Freedom Betrayed, is both a memoir and a diplomatic history of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. In the book, Herbert Hoover contends that freedom was betrayed by both American and British leaders through their deceitful maneuvering of America into war, with acquiescence to Communism resulting in the enslavement of Eastern Europe and China.  

<i>A Conversation with Herbert Hoover</i>

In the first eleven minutes of this film Herbert Hoover talks about the Hoover Library on War, Revolution, and Peace with Ray Henle, NBC news commentator. A Conversation with Herbert Hoover was filmed in 1960. It is among the holdings of the Manuscripts Division and University Archives at Stanford University.

George Nash presents <i>Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath</i> at the National Archives

The Hoover Institution Press and historian George H. Nash have edited Hoover’s manuscript Freedom Betrayed, the culmination of an extraordinary literary project that Herbert Hoover launched during World War II. In his presentation Nash notes that the book offers a revisionist reexamination of the war and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the "lost statesmanship" of Franklin Roosevelt.

Herbert Hoover's Grand Parade in Warsaw

Today marks the 93rd anniversary of Herbert Hoover’s historic visit to Warsaw, Poland. It wasn’t his first visit, nor his last, but surely the most memorable and one of the most moving experiences of his life. At that time Herbert Hoover was chairman of the American Relief Administration (A.R.A.), which had begun to provide massive humanitarian aid to Eastern Europe, then recovering from the devastation of World War I.

Hoover Institution Press Releases Book Highlighting Herbert Hoover’s Examination of World War II and Its Cold War Aftermath Freedom Betrayed, edited by George H. Nash

The Hoover Institution Press today released Freedom Betrayed: Herbert Hoover’s Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath, edited with an introduction by George H. Nash. Freedom Betrayed is the culmination of an extraordinary literary project launched by Herbert Hoover during World War II: a memoir that evolved into a comprehensive critique of US foreign policy during this war and the ensuing early years of the Cold War. Although Hoover completed his manuscript almost fifty years ago, it has never before been published or made available for research. It is now being made public for the first time. Click here to read an NRO article about the book.

Herbert Hoover, the graduate: have Stanford degree, will travel

As Stanford University sends off another graduating class into the world, students are faced with a bewildering array of questions: Should they continue on to graduate studies or immediately look for a job? Can a new graduate even find a job in this difficult economy? And what does the future hold in store for someone with a newly minted degree as he or she leaves “The Farm”?

Herbert Hoover and the Great Mississippi Flood

The Mississippi River is expected to crest at 57.5 feet at Vicksburg today, a foot above the record 1927 “Great Mississippi Flood.” In April that year the river broke through the levees, submerging vast expanses of farmland and destroying the homes of more than one million people.

"American Friendship: Herbert Hoover and Poland" Exhibition to open in Warsaw