Herbert Hoover and Dwight D. Eisenhower: A Documentary History

Bringing together core selections from and analysis of material documenting the uneasy collaboration between Herbert and Eisenhower, this collection incisively uses primary sources to illuminate the 1952 Republican nomination fight, the second Hoover Commission, and other key episodes during the Eisenhower presidency.

Author: T. Walch
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 07/19/2013
Pages: 266
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781137334084

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014

About the Author
Timothy Walch is Director Emeritus of the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and the author or editor of seventeen previous books on various historical topics including Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt: A Documentary History (1998), Herbert Hoover and Harry S. Truman: A Documentary History (1992), and Uncommon Americans: The Lives and Legacies of Herbert and Lou Henry Hoover (2003). He has appeared on MSNBC, CNN, CSPAN, and other networks and is frequently quoted on the role of former presidents in public life as well as on the growing importance of the vice presidency in publications such as the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA Today.