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Herbert Hoover And Famine Relief To Soviet Russia 1921 1923

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Author : Benjamin M. Weissman
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Release Date : 1974-06-01

Herbert Hoover And Famine Relief To Soviet Russia 1921 1923 written by Benjamin M. Weissman and has been published by Hoover Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974-06-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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 Soviet 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 individuals 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.

Herbert Hoover And Famine Relief To Soviet Russia

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Author : Benjamin M. Weissman
language : en
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Release Date : 1974

Herbert Hoover And Famine Relief To Soviet Russia written by Benjamin M. Weissman and has been published by Hoover Institution Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1974 with categories.

Bread Medicine

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Author : Bertrand M. Patenaude
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023

Bread Medicine written by Bertrand M. Patenaude and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with History categories.

A century ago, the Soviet Union faced a catastrophic famine, brought on by the disruptions of the First World War and the Russian Revolution, draconian Soviet economic policies, and a severe drought. As millions of people faced starvation and hunger-related disease, the Russian writer Maxim Gorky issued an appeal for help, asking "all honest European and American people for prompt aid to the Russian people. Give bread and medicine." One person was uniquely situated to answer the call: Herbert Hoover, chair of the American Relief Administration (ARA), who had achieved worldwide fame as the organizer and administrator of large-scale humanitarian relief operations during and following World War I. American relief helped millions survive the famine of 1921-23. While the role of food aid has been well documented, Bread + Medicine focuses on the lesser-known story of America's medical intervention, including a large-scale vaccination drive, and treatment of famine-related diseases such as cholera, typhoid, and typhus and hunger-related deficiency diseases, especially among children. The ARA's medical relief program proved essential to the overall success of its mission. Bread + Medicine, richly illustrated with photographs, posters, and documents from the Hoover Archives, tells that story in vivid detail.

The Big Show In Bololand

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Author : Bertrand M. Patenaude
language : en
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Release Date : 2002

The Big Show In Bololand written by Bertrand M. Patenaude and has been published by Stanford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with History categories.

The author sheds light on a little-known chapter of U.S.-Soviet relations, using diaries, memoirs, and letters to recall the efforts of nearly 300 relief workers in easing the suffering of Russians during one of the country's worst famines.

The Famine In Soviet Russia 1919 1923

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Author : Harold Henry Fisher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1935

The Famine In Soviet Russia 1919 1923 written by Harold Henry Fisher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1935 with Famines categories.

The Russian Job

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Author : Douglas Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2019-11-14

The Russian Job written by Douglas Smith and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-14 with History categories.

The gripping human story of how American volunteers fought famine in Bolshevik Russia, saving Lenin’s revolutionary government from chaos and millions of people from starvation. 'Brilliant, disturbing . . . an important story that needed to be told. A fast-moving and most compelling read.' - Helen Rappaport, author of The Race to Save the Romanovs In 1921, after six years of unrelenting war and revolution, Russia was in ruins. The economy had collapsed, the country was ravaged by disease and starvation claimed the lives of millions. People were so desperate for food that there were reports of cannibalism, reports that were revealed to be horribly accurate. Remarkably, it was a young American aid worker who uncovered the truth and, even more remarkably, it was the US-backed charity that had sent him to Russia that would save Lenin’s fledgling government by feeding his people. In The Russian Job, acclaimed historian Douglas Smith tells the gripping story of how an American charity fought the Russian famine. Backed by $20 million from the US government, and founded by Herbert Hoover, US Secretary of Commerce, the American Relief Administration recruited more than three hundred young Americans, many of them war veterans. They would oversee the distribution of food, clothing and medical supplies to people throughout Russia’s vast landmass, saving millions of lives. Vividly written, with a rich cast of characters and a deep understanding of the period, The Russian Job shines a bright light on this strange and shadowy moment in history.