Publicado por Hoover Institution Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. GOOD/WITH GOOD JACKET, 247 pp. Text mostly clean (with tape residue on front and back pages) with usual library treatments. Tan cloth boards. Mylar coated tan paper jacket and black text.
Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
Librería: 369 Bookstore _[~ 369 Pyramid Inc ~]_, Dover, DE, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Good. In 1921 one of the most devastating famines in history threatened the lives of millions of Russians as well as the continuance of Soviet rule. Responding to a plea for help from the Soviet government. the American Relief Administration (ARA) agreed to provide famine relief in the stricken areas. The ARA was a private relief organization headed by Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce and one of the best-known Americans of his time for his spectacular success in rescuing the population of Belgium from starvation during World War I and in feeding millions of Europeans during the Armistice. Hoover was also a retired capitalist of considerable wealth, a champion of Republican liberalism, and a leading opponent of recognition of Soviet Russia. Lenin?head of the Sovet government, leader of the Bolshevik party, and living symbol of world revolution?was the antithesis of the ARA\'s chief. This book studies the personalities, motives, and modi operandi of these two celebrated figures, both as indivduals and as representatives of their societies. At the same time it considers the relief mission itself, which has been the subject of continuing controversy for fifty years. Its partisans see it as a charitable, nonpolitical enterprise, while its enemies judge it an anti-Soviet intervention entirely devoid of humanitarian purpose. Herbert Hoover and Famine Relief for Soviet Russia is the first major attempt by an American scholar to reexamine the ARA mission, on the basis of much material made available since the ARA\'s 1927 official history. What emerges is, on the one hand, a painstaking examination of the historical details of ARA\'s mission and, on the other hand, a philosophic essay relating the ARA to broader questions of U.S.-Soviet relations the ideological antitheses of Hoover and Lenin. The author concludes that both sides overcame their ideological antagonisms and made possible a spectacularly successful relief mission that inspired the vain hope that a new era in Soviet-American relations had begun.
Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Publicado por Stanford: Hoover Institution Press, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Hardback. Condición: Very Good. Series: Hoover Institution Publications xv 247p hardback, fresh dustjacket, author inscription, excellent copy, no signs of use, excellent Language: English.
Publicado por Hoover Institution Press - Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
Librería: Sabra Books, Naperville, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Slight wear along the DJ edges and tips. Slight rubbing wear to DJ covers. DJ is covered with Mylar sheet.
Publicado por Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, California, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Hardcover. mustard cloth boards w/ black spine printing. book xv, 247 pg. tan illustrated dustjacket w/ protective plastic. From a college library. Due date card has one removal stamp. Interior clean. Remains tightly bound. "n 1921 one of the most devastating famines in history threatened the lives of millions of Russians as well as the continuance of Soviet rule. Responding to a plea for help from the Soviet government. the American Relief Administration (ARA) agreed to provide famine relief in the stricken areas. The ARA was a private relief organization headed by Herbert Hoover, then U.S. secretary of commerce and one of the best-known Americans of his time for his spectacular success in rescuing the population of Belgium from starvation during World War I and in feeding millions of Europeans during the Armistice. Hoover was also a retired capitalist of considerable wealth, a champion of Republican liberalism, and a leading opponent of recognition of Soviet Russia. Lenin head of the Sovet government, leader of the Bolshevik party, and living symbol of world revolution was the antithesis of the ARA's chief. This book studies the personalities, motives, and modi operandi of these two celebrated figures, both as indivduals and as representatives of their societies. At the same time it considers the relief mission itself, which has been the subject of continuing controversy for fifty years. Its partisans see it as a charitable, nonpolitical enterprise, while its enemies judge it an anti-Soviet intervention entirely devoid of humanitarian purpose. Herbert Hoover and Famine Relief for Soviet Russia is the first major attempt by an American scholar to reexamine the ARA mission, on the basis of much material made available since the ARA's 1927 official history."--Amazon. VG- (ex-library w/ stamps to textblock edges, internal stamps, usual markings etc. edge-wear to covers. dustjacket taped to cover edges, ID to lower spine; plastic scuffed.).
Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
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Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
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Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Publicado por Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Publicado por Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.: Hoover Inst Pr, 1974
ISBN 10: 0817913416 ISBN 13: 9780817913410
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Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. hardback book in very good to near fine condition,unclipped {$7.95]dust jacket is near fine. Book has tipped in article on how hoover saved communism with famine relief,otherwise book would be near fine.