The Crusade Years, 1933-1955: Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir Of The New Deal Era And Its Aftermath Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir Of The New Deal Era And Its Aftermath Herbert Hoover's Lost Memoir Of The New Deal Era And Its Aftermath

Covering an eventful period in Herbert Hoover’s career—and, more specifically, his life as a political pugilist from 1933 to 1955— The Crusade Years is a previously unknown memoir that Hoover composed and revised during the 1940s and 1950s—and then, surprisingly, set aside. A parallel volume to Hoover’s Freedom Betrayed, this work recounts Hoover’s family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests, and, most of all, his unrelenting “crusade against collectivism” in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover’s political activities during the Roosevelt/Truman era, and its window on Hoover’s private life and campaigns for good causes, The Crusade Years invites us to reflect on the factors that made possible his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years. As least as much as Theodore Roosevelt, he came to personify the activist former president; some historians have even argued that he invented it. This volume is the “missing link” in Hoover’s memoirs: the final brick in a literary edifice that he began to build nearly seventy-five years ago. In its pages we learn the story of his later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the land of liberty that gave him the opportunity for service; a remarkable saga told in his own words, his way. Front Cover Title Page Half Title Copyright Contents Editor’s Acknowledgments Editor’s Introduction Editor’s Note on Sources and Editing Methods Introduction Part I: Some Notes on Family Life Chapter 1: Family Life Chapter 2: Recreation Chapter 3: The Bohemian Club Encampment Chapter 4: The Passing of Mrs. Hoover Part II: Crusades for Benevolent Institutions Chapter 5: Crusading for Benevolent Institutions Part III: The Crusade against Collectivism in American Life Introduction Chapter 6: The Crusade Against Collectivism to the Presidential Campaign of 1936 Chapter 7: The Crusade Against Collectivism—Continued: The Party Conventions and Campaign of 1936 Chapter 8: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Landon Defeat Until the Congressional Election of 1938 Chapter 9: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Landon Defeat in 1936 to the Congressional Election in 1938 (Continued) Chapter 10: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the 1938 Congressional Election to the Presidential Election of 1940 Chapter 11: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Election of 1940 to the Presidential Campaign of 1944 Chapter 12: The Presidential Conventions and Campaigns of 1944 Chapter 13: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Presidential Election of 1944 to the Congressional Election of 1946 Chapter 14: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Congressional Election of 1946 to the Presidential Election of 1948 Chapter 15: The Crusade Against Collectivism from the Presidential Election of 1948 to the Presidential Election in 1952 Chapter 16: The Continental Crusade After 1952 Editor’s Postscript to Part III Appendix I: Other Crusades Appendix II: Selected Documents Pertaining to Hoover’s Crusade Book Project About the Author and the Editor Index Illustration Sources/Credits 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 family life after March 4, 1933, his myriad philanthropic interests, and, most of all, his unrelenting “crusade against collectivism” in American life. Aside from its often feisty account of Hoover's political activities during the Roosevelt and Truman eras, and its window on Hoover's private life and campaigns for good causes, The Crusade Years invites readers to reflect on the factors that made his extraordinarily fruitful postpresidential years possible. The pages of this memoir recount the story of Hoover's later life, his abiding political philosophy, and his vision of the nation that gave him the opportunity for service. This is, in short, a remarkable saga told in the former president's own words and in his own way that will appeal as much to professional historians and political scientists as it will lay readers interested in history. This biography focuses on Hoover's life and mission after he left the presidency in 1933