An American epic. Volume 1 (Record no. 3375)
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
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| Classification number | 361.53 Hov |
| Item number | 9 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) | |
| Classification number | 361.53 Hov |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Hoover, Herbert |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | An American epic. Volume 1 |
| Remainder of title | Introduction |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Henry Regnery Co. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 1959 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Chicago |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 477 p. |
| 440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE | |
| Title | An American epic |
| Number of part/section of a work | 4 Volumes |
| Name of part/section of a work | Vol. I |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Includes Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| Title | Introduction -- The relief of Belgium and Northern France 1914-1930 |
| 590 ## - LOCAL NOTE (RLIN) | |
| Local note | 30722 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | World War |
| General subdivision | Civilian relief. |
| Chronological subdivision | 1914-1918 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | World War |
| General subdivision | Civilian relief |
| Chronological subdivision | 1939-1945 |
| 650 #4 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civilian war relief. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | |
| Koha item type | 300 - 399 |
| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Permanent Location | Current Location | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen |
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| Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | Arthur Johnson Memorial Library | 50.00 | 361.53 Hov | 30722 | 2007-07-31 |