Freedom Betrayed: An Interview with George H. Nash about Herbert Hoover's Magnum Opus

After Hoover's death his heirs decided not to publish the manuscript. Since Hoover's sons and their associates at the time are long deceased, I cannot say for certain what prompted the decision. Because Freedom Betrayed is in crucial respects a primary source, I resolved not to "edit&...

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Published in:Historically speaking 2012-09, Vol.13 (4), p.16-18
Main Authors: Yerxa, Donald A, Nash, George H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Armed forces
Autobiographies
Biographies
Foreign policy
Geopolitics
Hoover, Herbert Clark Sr (1874-1964)
Nash, George H
Politics
Presidents
World War II
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Summary:After Hoover's death his heirs decided not to publish the manuscript. Since Hoover's sons and their associates at the time are long deceased, I cannot say for certain what prompted the decision. Because Freedom Betrayed is in crucial respects a primary source, I resolved not to "edit" it in the sense of rewriting Hoover's prose. According to Hoover, the secret commitments and understandings at Teheran were "the greatest blows to human freedom" in the 20th century. [...]we know from other sources that Hoover went all out to orchestrate the adulatory reception that greeted the returning general.
ISSN:1941-4188
1944-6438
1944-6438
DOI:10.1353/hsp.2012.0044