Herbert Hoover in the White House
Subtitle: the ordeal of the presidency
By: Charles Rappleye
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
ISBN-13: 9781451648676
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents; Biography
Description: 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
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 517-525) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. The rise and fall of Herbert Hoover; title: He did not choose; title: A political diptych; title: Flashpoints, and a landslide; title: "Hoover the silent"; title: Bright with hope; title: The Wall Street Frankenstein; title: The special session; title: The crash; title: The president's hair shirts; title: "The peculiar weakness of Mr. Hoover"; title: Part II. War on a thousand fronts; title: Challenging facts; title: Friction at the Fed; title: The ground gives way; title: Playing politics with human misery; title: The ghost of Grover Cleveland; title: Credit crunch; title: The Gibraltar of world stability; title: Reconstruction; title: Part III. The bitter end; title: Roosevelt rising; title: The conflicted candidate; title: Evil magic; title: President reject; title: Interregnum; title: The sound of crashing banks.