Description
At the outbreak of World War I, Hoover was a wealthy mining engineer and businessman living in London. In a short time, he became the founder and brilliant director of an unprecedented international relief organization, which provided desperately needed food to more than 9,000,000 Belgian and French citizens trapped between the German army of occupation and the British naval blockade. By 1919, when his Commission for Relief in Belgium closed its operations, it had expended nearly $1 billion--and had created a twentieth-century hero.
By then, Hoover had irrevocably embarked on the slippery road of public life, which eventually led him to the White House door. This book--based on research conducted on three continents--is the second volume in Dr. Nash's definitive account of Hoover's life.
Author: George H. Nash
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 08/01/1988
Pages: 510
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.63lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.14d
ISBN13: 9780393347302
ISBN10: 0393347303
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads of State