The Life of Herbert Hoover Keeper of the Torch, 1933-1964 [Hardcover]

In this monumental contribution to Hoover scholarship, eminent historian Gary Dean Best chronicles the post-presidential decades of this important historical figure, and the achievements of a distinguished career that extended far beyond Herbert Hoover's presidency.1. The Silent Period 2. The Politician 3. The Evangelist 4. Crises Abroad, Politics at Home 5. Campaigns 6. Leading the Loyal Opposition 7. The War Years 8. Planning for Peace 9. A New Attitude in Washington 10. On The Road at 71 11. Rolling Back the New Deal 12. The Great Debate 13. The Republican Years 14. The Ageless One 15. The Grand Old Man of the Grand Old Party

Full and impressive . . . Mr. Best offers a gratifying distillation of a complicated and gifted elder statesman. - The Wall Street Journal

'Best as completed the multiauthored, six-volume 'Life of Herbert Hoover' series with this extensive contribution on Hoover's post-presidential years. Recommended.' - CHOICE

This monumental treatment of Hoover's years after the White House does justice to his role as the most politically active and influential ex-president since Theodore Roosevelt. It also shows how deeply he pointed the course of the Republican party even now, nearly half a century since his death. - John Milton Cooper, Jr., author of Woodrow Wilson: A Biography and The Warrior and the Priest: Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt

Gary Dean Best's comprehensive, beautifully documented account of Herbert Hoover's post-presidential years equals the best of presidential biographies and will prove indispensable for all historians of twentieth-century American political history. - Stephen A. Schuker, William W. Corcoran Professor of History, University of Virginia

Based in large measure upon manuscript sources, Best expertly presents Hoover's post-presidential years from the vantage point of the former president himself. Written in lucid prose, the book is l£8