{"product_id":"herbert-hoover-in-the-white-house-paperback","title":"Herbert Hoover in the White House - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Rappleye\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A deft, filled-out portrait of the thirty-first president...by far the best, most readable study of Herbert Hoover's presidency to date\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) that draws on rare and intimate sources to show he was temperamentally unsuited for the job.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerbert Clark Hoover was the thirty-first President of the United States. He served one term, from 1929 to 1933. Often considered placid, passive, unsympathetic, and even paralyzed by national events, Hoover faced an uphill battle in the face of the Great Depression. Many historians dismiss him as merely ineffective. But in \u003ci\u003eHerbert Hoover in the White House, \u003c\/i\u003e Charles Rappleye investigates memoirs and diaries and thousands of documents kept by members of his cabinet and close advisors to reveal a very different figure than the one often portrayed. This \"gripping\" (\u003ci\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/i\u003e) biography shows that the real Hoover lacked the tools of leadership. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn public Hoover was shy and retiring, but in private Rappleye shows him to be a man of passion and sometimes of fury, a man who intrigued against his enemies while fulminating over plots against him. Rappleye describes him as more sophisticated and more active in economic policy than is often acknowledged. We see Hoover watching a sunny (and he thought ignorant) FDR on the horizon, experimenting with steps to relieve the Depression. The Hoover we see here--bright, well meaning, energetic--lacked the single critical element to succeed as president. He had a first-class mind and a second-class temperament. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerbert Hoover in the White House\u003c\/i\u003e is an object lesson in the \u003ci\u003emost\u003c\/i\u003e, perhaps \u003ci\u003eonly\u003c\/i\u003e, talent needed to be a successful president--the temperament of leadership. This \"fair-handed, surprisingly sympathetic new appraisal of the much-vilified president who was faced with the nation's plunge into the Great Depression...fills an important niche in presidential scholarship\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Rappleye is an award-winning investigative journalist and editor. He has written extensively on media, law enforcement, and organized crime. The author of \u003ci\u003eSons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRobert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eHerbert Hoover in the White House: The Ordeal of the Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e, he lives in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n        \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 576\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 23, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47435452776626,"sku":"9781451648683","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/ef155ae34c3a20c76eccd016d18d3fcc.webp?v=1778626153","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/herbert-hoover-in-the-white-house-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}