Hoover, Herbert
An American epic. Volume 3 Famine in forty-four nations and The Battle on the front line 1914-1923 by Herbert Hoover - Chicago, Illinoise Henry Regnery Co. 1959 - 592 p. - An American Epic 4 Volumes Vol. III .
Includes Index
v. 1: The relief of Belgium and northern France, 1914-1930 The birth of the commission --
The edge of starvation --
The scene in Belgium --
The C.R.B. --
Some never ending problems of the C.R.B --
The Charity of the world --
The personnel of the Relief Organization --
Personalities in the Relief Organization --
Financing the relief of Belgium --
Financing the relief of Northern France --
German and British guarantees of immunity of food for Belgium --
German and British guarantees of immunity of food for Northern France --
Troubles with ships --
Troubles with general von Bissing in Belgium --
Coercion of Belgians to work for the Germans --
An interlude of American politics --
A statistical summary-and some kind words --
False charges by the British military --
The British refuse us more food through the blockade --
More trouble over ships --
A problem inside Belgium --
The C.R.B. resigns and resumes --
A vicious attack by British militarists --
More food and better guarantees --
Our battle to secure the 1916 harvest in the North of France --
Continued troubles over ships --
German coercion of Belgian workman again involves the C.R.B. --
Financial troubles --
Statistical summary of the second year --
German deportation of Belgian and French workers to labor in German factories --
With Lord Grey's encouragement we make a major decision --
The Germans' unlimited submarine war --
Getting our ships in motion again --
We have a bout with von Bissing and its repercussions --
I get passage to Europe with adventures --
We set up Spanish and Dutch representatives in Belgium and Northern France --
German torpedoes; Spanish and British protests --
Our crisis of may 1917 --
Financing the commission --
The troubled Belgians --
Overseas supplies during the third year --
The increasing needs of Belgium and Northern France --
Financing the commission --
Another shipping crisis --
Our diminishing troubles with the Germans --
Statistical results of the fourth year --
What went on inside Belgium and Northern France --
President Wilson directs continued aid to Belgium and Northern France --
We continue the C.R.B. in the North of France --
Winding up the delivery of supplies --
The provision of clothing --
Statistical summary of he C.R.B.'s five years --
Settling our accounts with the subsidizing governments and the Belgian debts to the United States --
We create great institutions --
Expressions of appreciation to the C.R.B --
v. 2: A mission from President Wilson --
The problem of overseas shipping --
The impact of military strategy on food --
Setting up the food administration --
Food-control legislation --
Organization of other war-supply agencies --
Miscellaneous problems in the organization of the food administration --
Reduction of food consumption and waste in homes and public eating places --
My preachments of food problems --
Provision of subsidiary food commodities and collateral non-food commodities --
Provision of sugar for allies --
Provision of meats and fats for the allies --
Provision of grain for the allies --
More stringent conservation measures --
The worst food year of the war --
Provision of food for the neutrals --
The end of our anxieties over food supplies for the allies --
The Revolution in allied military strategy and its effects on food supply --
The food administration goes on --
Some immediate problems of the food administration at the armistice --
The American voluntary charitable agencies --
The American Red Cross --
The near East relief committee --
The Jewish Joint Distribution committee --
Th Salvation Army --
The American friends service committee --
Other charitable agencies participating in relief prior to the armistice --
Organization behind the front to meet the famine in forty-five nations --
World food supplies and needs --
We prepare for the famine --
Confusion in method of organization to meet the famine --
The battle of pool versus co-ordination and co-operation --
American relief in action --
The American plan for relief and reconstruction is adopted --
The theory and practice of co-ordination and co-operation --
We open a crack in the blockade and get a bad shock --
The battle over the blockade --
A crack is opened in the food blockade of Germany --
The United States government agencies behind the famine front --
Finance --
Handling American supplies --
Communications and passports --
The children of famine --
Miscellaneous problems --
Special joint actions behind the front --
Overseas transport --
Management and reconstruction of Eastern European railways --
Management of inland waterways and ports --
Management of Eastern European coal mines and the securing of petroleum products --
The great typhus epidemic --
v. 3: pt. 1: Before the peace --
The allies --
Great Britain --
France --
Italy, Belgium, and Portugal --
Finland, the Baltic States, and Poland --
Finland --
The Baltic States-Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania --
The Communist invasions --
Food for the Baltic States --
Poland --
The neutral nations of Europe --
The neutrals --
Germany --
The relief of Germany prior to the peace --
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Rumania --
Czechoslovakia --
Austria --
Hungary --
Bulgaria --
Yugoslavia --
Rumania --
Russia, Siberia, and the areas behind the "White" armies --
The relief of Russia and Siberia --
Relief behind the "White" armies --
The relief and protection of the Christian and Jewish minorities in the Moslem states --
The relief of minorities in the Moslem states --
Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria --
Turkey --
Persia --
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Azerbaijan --
Armenia, Georgia, and Abyssinia --
Armenia prior to the peace, Georgia, and Abyssinia --
The approach of peace --
Winding up American participation in inter-allied economic activities --
Continued American economic co-operation after the peace some expressions of appreciation --
pt. II: After the peace --
Organization behind the front --
The world scene at the peace --
An appraisal of the European food situation --
The creation of the new American relief administration --
Finance of the relief --
Building our organization --
The extracurricular activities of the new American relief administration --
The European coal chaos --
Repatriation of prisoners of war --
Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, and the danzing free state --
Finland --
Estonia --
Latvia --
Lithuania --
Poland and the danzig free state--
Germany, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia --
Germany after peace --
Czechoslovakia and Albania --
Austria --
Hungary --
Yugoslavia --
Rumania, Greece, Armenia, China, and Ireland --
Rumania --
Greece --
Armenia --
China and Ireland --
Expressions of appreciation from the European nations --
Expressions of gratitude from central and Southern Europe --
The relief of Communist Russia from 1921 to 1923 --
The call for help --
We face one of the most terrible famines in history --
Financing the relief --
Organization in Russia --
Food for children and adults-and seed --
The relief of intellectuals --
Medical and sanitary relief --
Troubles with the Kremlin --
Troubles with American communists --
We encounter hard-boiled communism --
Our affiliates --
The Soviet Union will never forget --
Epilogue to "the Soviet Union will never forget" --
Winding up the relief activities --
Statistics --
And What of the men who did this job? --
v. 4: Fours years of frustration 1939 --
Appeals for help to the old hands --
Poland --
We secure relief for Finland --
Four years of frustration 1940-1941 --
Enter Mr. Churchill --
Enter the British propaganda organization in New York --
The creation of the National Committee on food for the mall democracies --
We change tactics --
The Germans agree to the guarantees--
Secretary Hull's attitudes --
The British open new attacks upon us from Washington-and we reply --
We had need to find some other neutral sponsor --
The Roosevelt administration joins with Churchill in opposing relief --
The Americans and British pressure the exiled governments to repudiate us --
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings a revolution in world food supplies --
Four years of frustration 1942-1943 --
The creation of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration --
We resume our efforts to secure food for the occupied democracies --
Mr. Truman becomes President --
The relief scene shifts --
President Truman requests my assistance --
The greatest famine in all history --
We begin world organization to meet the famine --
We undertake to co-ordinate the world in battle against famine --
Co-ordination of thirty-eight nations in the battle against famine --
France, Italy, and the Vatican --
Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Poland --
Finland, Sweden, and Norway --
Great Britain --
Belgium, Holland, and Denmark --
Germany and Austria --
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Egypt --
Iraq, India, Thailand, and the Philippines --
China, Korea, Japan, and our return home --
We report to President Truman and to the American people --
Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile --
The Argentine, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba --
Triumph over the greatest famine in world history --
Famine continues in Germany, Austria, and Japan --
The food situation in Germany --
Germany --
The result of allied economic policies --
Austria --
Japan --
More American relief activities --
Rehabilitation of famine children--
the United Nations International children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) --
CARE, inc. --
Hungarian refugees --
some last remarks --
The final chapter.
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--Civilian relief--1914-1918
--(1914-1918)--(1939-1945)
361.53 Hoo 9
An American epic. Volume 3 Famine in forty-four nations and The Battle on the front line 1914-1923 by Herbert Hoover - Chicago, Illinoise Henry Regnery Co. 1959 - 592 p. - An American Epic 4 Volumes Vol. III .
Includes Index
v. 1: The relief of Belgium and northern France, 1914-1930 The birth of the commission --
The edge of starvation --
The scene in Belgium --
The C.R.B. --
Some never ending problems of the C.R.B --
The Charity of the world --
The personnel of the Relief Organization --
Personalities in the Relief Organization --
Financing the relief of Belgium --
Financing the relief of Northern France --
German and British guarantees of immunity of food for Belgium --
German and British guarantees of immunity of food for Northern France --
Troubles with ships --
Troubles with general von Bissing in Belgium --
Coercion of Belgians to work for the Germans --
An interlude of American politics --
A statistical summary-and some kind words --
False charges by the British military --
The British refuse us more food through the blockade --
More trouble over ships --
A problem inside Belgium --
The C.R.B. resigns and resumes --
A vicious attack by British militarists --
More food and better guarantees --
Our battle to secure the 1916 harvest in the North of France --
Continued troubles over ships --
German coercion of Belgian workman again involves the C.R.B. --
Financial troubles --
Statistical summary of the second year --
German deportation of Belgian and French workers to labor in German factories --
With Lord Grey's encouragement we make a major decision --
The Germans' unlimited submarine war --
Getting our ships in motion again --
We have a bout with von Bissing and its repercussions --
I get passage to Europe with adventures --
We set up Spanish and Dutch representatives in Belgium and Northern France --
German torpedoes; Spanish and British protests --
Our crisis of may 1917 --
Financing the commission --
The troubled Belgians --
Overseas supplies during the third year --
The increasing needs of Belgium and Northern France --
Financing the commission --
Another shipping crisis --
Our diminishing troubles with the Germans --
Statistical results of the fourth year --
What went on inside Belgium and Northern France --
President Wilson directs continued aid to Belgium and Northern France --
We continue the C.R.B. in the North of France --
Winding up the delivery of supplies --
The provision of clothing --
Statistical summary of he C.R.B.'s five years --
Settling our accounts with the subsidizing governments and the Belgian debts to the United States --
We create great institutions --
Expressions of appreciation to the C.R.B --
v. 2: A mission from President Wilson --
The problem of overseas shipping --
The impact of military strategy on food --
Setting up the food administration --
Food-control legislation --
Organization of other war-supply agencies --
Miscellaneous problems in the organization of the food administration --
Reduction of food consumption and waste in homes and public eating places --
My preachments of food problems --
Provision of subsidiary food commodities and collateral non-food commodities --
Provision of sugar for allies --
Provision of meats and fats for the allies --
Provision of grain for the allies --
More stringent conservation measures --
The worst food year of the war --
Provision of food for the neutrals --
The end of our anxieties over food supplies for the allies --
The Revolution in allied military strategy and its effects on food supply --
The food administration goes on --
Some immediate problems of the food administration at the armistice --
The American voluntary charitable agencies --
The American Red Cross --
The near East relief committee --
The Jewish Joint Distribution committee --
Th Salvation Army --
The American friends service committee --
Other charitable agencies participating in relief prior to the armistice --
Organization behind the front to meet the famine in forty-five nations --
World food supplies and needs --
We prepare for the famine --
Confusion in method of organization to meet the famine --
The battle of pool versus co-ordination and co-operation --
American relief in action --
The American plan for relief and reconstruction is adopted --
The theory and practice of co-ordination and co-operation --
We open a crack in the blockade and get a bad shock --
The battle over the blockade --
A crack is opened in the food blockade of Germany --
The United States government agencies behind the famine front --
Finance --
Handling American supplies --
Communications and passports --
The children of famine --
Miscellaneous problems --
Special joint actions behind the front --
Overseas transport --
Management and reconstruction of Eastern European railways --
Management of inland waterways and ports --
Management of Eastern European coal mines and the securing of petroleum products --
The great typhus epidemic --
v. 3: pt. 1: Before the peace --
The allies --
Great Britain --
France --
Italy, Belgium, and Portugal --
Finland, the Baltic States, and Poland --
Finland --
The Baltic States-Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania --
The Communist invasions --
Food for the Baltic States --
Poland --
The neutral nations of Europe --
The neutrals --
Germany --
The relief of Germany prior to the peace --
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, and Rumania --
Czechoslovakia --
Austria --
Hungary --
Bulgaria --
Yugoslavia --
Rumania --
Russia, Siberia, and the areas behind the "White" armies --
The relief of Russia and Siberia --
Relief behind the "White" armies --
The relief and protection of the Christian and Jewish minorities in the Moslem states --
The relief of minorities in the Moslem states --
Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria --
Turkey --
Persia --
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco, and Azerbaijan --
Armenia, Georgia, and Abyssinia --
Armenia prior to the peace, Georgia, and Abyssinia --
The approach of peace --
Winding up American participation in inter-allied economic activities --
Continued American economic co-operation after the peace some expressions of appreciation --
pt. II: After the peace --
Organization behind the front --
The world scene at the peace --
An appraisal of the European food situation --
The creation of the new American relief administration --
Finance of the relief --
Building our organization --
The extracurricular activities of the new American relief administration --
The European coal chaos --
Repatriation of prisoners of war --
Finland, the Baltic states, Poland, and the danzing free state --
Finland --
Estonia --
Latvia --
Lithuania --
Poland and the danzig free state--
Germany, Czechoslovakia, Albania, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia --
Germany after peace --
Czechoslovakia and Albania --
Austria --
Hungary --
Yugoslavia --
Rumania, Greece, Armenia, China, and Ireland --
Rumania --
Greece --
Armenia --
China and Ireland --
Expressions of appreciation from the European nations --
Expressions of gratitude from central and Southern Europe --
The relief of Communist Russia from 1921 to 1923 --
The call for help --
We face one of the most terrible famines in history --
Financing the relief --
Organization in Russia --
Food for children and adults-and seed --
The relief of intellectuals --
Medical and sanitary relief --
Troubles with the Kremlin --
Troubles with American communists --
We encounter hard-boiled communism --
Our affiliates --
The Soviet Union will never forget --
Epilogue to "the Soviet Union will never forget" --
Winding up the relief activities --
Statistics --
And What of the men who did this job? --
v. 4: Fours years of frustration 1939 --
Appeals for help to the old hands --
Poland --
We secure relief for Finland --
Four years of frustration 1940-1941 --
Enter Mr. Churchill --
Enter the British propaganda organization in New York --
The creation of the National Committee on food for the mall democracies --
We change tactics --
The Germans agree to the guarantees--
Secretary Hull's attitudes --
The British open new attacks upon us from Washington-and we reply --
We had need to find some other neutral sponsor --
The Roosevelt administration joins with Churchill in opposing relief --
The Americans and British pressure the exiled governments to repudiate us --
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor brings a revolution in world food supplies --
Four years of frustration 1942-1943 --
The creation of the United Nations relief and rehabilitation administration --
We resume our efforts to secure food for the occupied democracies --
Mr. Truman becomes President --
The relief scene shifts --
President Truman requests my assistance --
The greatest famine in all history --
We begin world organization to meet the famine --
We undertake to co-ordinate the world in battle against famine --
Co-ordination of thirty-eight nations in the battle against famine --
France, Italy, and the Vatican --
Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, and Poland --
Finland, Sweden, and Norway --
Great Britain --
Belgium, Holland, and Denmark --
Germany and Austria --
Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, and Egypt --
Iraq, India, Thailand, and the Philippines --
China, Korea, Japan, and our return home --
We report to President Truman and to the American people --
Mexico, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile --
The Argentine, Uruguay, Brazil, Venezuela, and Cuba --
Triumph over the greatest famine in world history --
Famine continues in Germany, Austria, and Japan --
The food situation in Germany --
Germany --
The result of allied economic policies --
Austria --
Japan --
More American relief activities --
Rehabilitation of famine children--
the United Nations International children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) --
CARE, inc. --
Hungarian refugees --
some last remarks --
The final chapter.
30724
--Civilian relief--1914-1918
--(1914-1918)--(1939-1945)
361.53 Hoo 9