Hoover Press imprint: 226 books
The Crusade Years, 1933–1955
Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir of the New Deal Era and Its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover's career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955—this previously unknown memoir was composed and revised by the 31st president during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. This work recounts Hoover's...
by Herbert Hoover, George H. Nash
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2016
In late 1921, then secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover decided to distill from his experiences a coherent understanding of the American experiment he cherished. The result was the 1922 book American Individualism. In it, Hoover expounded and vigorously defended what has come to be called American...
by George H. Nash
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
George Nash's research reveals the enduring ties that bound Hoover to Stanford University.
Freedom Betrayed
Herbert Hoover's Secret History of the Second World War and Its Aftermath
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Herbert Hoover's "magnum opus"—at last published nearly fifty years after its completion—offers a revisionist reexamination of World War II and its cold war aftermath and a sweeping indictment of the "lost statesmanship" of Franklin Roosevelt. Hoover offers his frank evaluation...
The New Deal & Modern American Conservatism
A Defining Rivalry
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today's U.S. domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. They examine the pivotal issues of the dispute, laying...
Deterrence
Its Past and Future—Papers Presented at Hoover Institution, November 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Drawn from the third in a series of conferences the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on the nuclear legacy of the cold war, this report examines the importance of deterrence, from its critical function in the cold war to its current role. Recognizing that today's international environment...
Reykjavik Revisited
Steps Toward a World Free of Nuclear Weapons: Complete Report of 2007 Hoover Institution Conference
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Drawn from presentations made at the Hoover Institution's October 2007 conference, this collection of essays examines the practical steps necessary to address the current security challenges of nuclear weapons and to move toward the Reykjavik goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons. The distinguished...
Politics, Murder, and Love in Stalin's Kremlin
The Story of Nikolai Bukharin and Anna Larina
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Drawing from Hoover Institution archival documents, Paul Gregory sheds light on how the world's first socialist state went terribly wrong and why it was likely to veer off course through the tragic story of Stalin's most prominent victims: Pravda editor Nikolai Bukharin and his wife, Anna Larina.
In Danger Undaunted
The Anti-Interventionist Movement of 1940–1941 as Revealed in the Papers of the America First Commit
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
In Danger Undaunted, based on 338 manuscript boxes deposited in 1942 in the archives of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and peace, conveys the logic, complexity, and passion of the anti-interventionist movement. The book illustrates the dramatic impact this well-organized and vocal group...
Andrei Sakharov
The Conscience of Humanity
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2015
Andrei Sakharov holds an honored place in the pantheon of the world's greatest scientists, reformers, and champions of human rights. But his embrace of human rights did not come through a sudden conversion; he came to it in stages. Drawing from a 2014 Hoover Institution conference focused on Sakharov's...
Learning from No Child Left Behind
How and Why the Nation's Most Important but Controversial Education Law Should Be Renewed
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
The author, writing on behalf of Hoover's Koret task Force on K–12 Education, presents a convincing case that, despite the controversy it has ignited, the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law is making a positive difference and should be renewed. He outlines ten specific lessons and recommendations that...
Inequality and Economic Policy
Essays In Honor of Gary Becker
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Drawing from a 2014 Hoover Institution Conference on Inequality in honor of Gary Becker, a group of distinguished contributors explore various measures of inequality in America and address the issue of whether or not it is increasing. In looking at this question and examining policy implications,...
Distributed Power in the United States
Prospects and Policies
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Scholars from the Brookings Institution's Energy Security Initiative and the Hoover Institution's Task Force on Energy Policy offer recommendations for ensuring the security and sustainability of our electricity system now and for future generations through the greater deployment of distributed power...
Conversations about Energy
How the Experts See America's Energy Choices
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2013
Drawn from the Hoover Institution's Shultz-Stephenson Task Force on Energy Policy January 2010 conference, this book discusses critical energy issues including, energy and synthetic biology, cap and trade and carbon tax policies, energy efficiency, international energy relationships, and other key...