《冒險年代：美國總統胡佛自傳（純英文版）》是2016年譯林出版社出版的圖書，作者是[美國]赫伯特·胡佛。
基本介紹
- 書名：冒險年代：美國總統胡佛自傳（純英文版）
- 作者：[美國]赫伯特·胡佛
- ISBN：978-7-5447-5546-7
- 定價：￥36.00
- 開本：960×640毫米 1/16
內容簡介,作者介紹,圖書目錄,
內容簡介
本書是關於美國總統胡佛的一本回憶錄，由胡佛總統親筆撰寫。書中，胡佛憶起早年作為採礦工程師的職業生涯，以及被派往中國河北唐山的開灤煤礦“打工”的經歷。與此同時，他還回顧了一戰期間及戰後，他參與的對歐洲難民和兒童的救濟行動，以及遇到的各種問題。
作為總統，胡佛一生曾參與多項政治歷史事件的決策，書中他也提到了1919年《凡爾賽契約》簽訂的始末，以及他在其中扮演的角色，為讀者講述了一個他眼中真實的《凡爾賽契約》。通過他對自己早年經歷的回顧，我們將看到一個血肉飽滿的胡佛先生，而本書也將為我們還原一個更真實自然的胡佛總統。
作者介紹
赫伯特·胡佛（Herbert Hoover） 美國第31任總統。胡佛生於愛荷華州，畢業於史丹福大學，早年曾是一名採礦工程師。曾先後擔任美國救濟委員會主席、美國糧食總署署長，並於1929年出任美國總統。
胡佛一生著作16本，其中《回憶錄》三部：《冒險年代》《當選總統》《大蕭條》。《威爾遜總統的考驗》，也曾是當時的暢銷書。
圖書目錄
Preface…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter1Iowa…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter2Oregon………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter3Stanford University…………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter4Start of Engineering Life in the United States………………………………………………………
Chapter5Engineering in Australia……………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter6Engineering in China…………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter7Engineering over the World…………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter8International Free-Lance Engineering……………………………………………………………………
Chapter9Family Living and Extra-Curricular Activities………………………………………………………
Chapter 10 Living with the British……………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 11 The Profession of Engineering……………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 12 The Coming of the World War………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 13 The American Committee in London…………………………………………………………………………
THE BELGIAN RELIEF—1914-1920
Chapter 14The Belgian Relief……………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 15 Financing the Relief and International Trouble………………………………………………………
Chapter 16 Pioneering the First Food Administration in History………………………………………………
Chapter 17 Troubles with Ships…………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 18 Troubles Crossing War Frontiers…………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 19 Living with the Germans……………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 20 Trouble in the United States Senate……………………………………………………………………
Chapter 21 Some Personages in the Relief……………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 22 Some Family and American Diplomatic Matters andColonel House……………………………………
Chapter 23 America Goes to War and the C.R.B. Shifts Its Base…………………………………………………
Chapter 24 The Belgian Relief Picture Changes Again with the Armistice……………………………………
Chapter 25 Interlude Twenty Years After………………………………………………………………………………
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION—1917-1919
Chapter 26 Policies and Organization…………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 27 Food and Military Strategy—The Food Blockade—The Great Food Crisis Which Never Came…
Chapter 28 Washington War Organization—The War Council—And Various Matter………………………………
Chapter 29 Some Results of the Food Administration………………………………………………………………
Chapter 30 Family Life in Washington During the War………………………………………………………………
Chapter 31 Transforming the Food Administration into a New Mission…………………………………………
THE RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE—1918-1920
Chapter 32 At the Dawn of the Armistice………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 33 Some Disagreeable Surprises………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 34 Setting Up Organization……………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 35 More Efforts to Cooperate…………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 36 Some Down-to-Earth Problems: World Supplies, Finance, Accounting,Communications,…………
Passports, Government Contracts
Chapter 37 More Down-to-Earth Problems: Ships, Railways, Ports and Canals,Coal, Barter of……………
Internal Supplies
Chapter 38 Child Feeding—Pestilence—Prisoners of War—The StanfordWar Library…………………………
Chapter 39 Breaking American Food Price Guarantees—the Continuing Blockadeof Europe…………………
Chapter 40 The Allies, the Neutrals, Belgium and Poland…………………………………………………………
Chapter 41 Finland and the Other Baltic States……………………………………………………………………
Chapter 42 Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Armenia…………………………………………………………………
Chapter 43 Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey…………………………………………………………………
Chapter 44 Hungary and Roumania…………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 45 Russia……………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 46 Approaching the End…………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 47 Some Results……………………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 48 There Was Idealism……………………………………………………………………………………………
THE AMERICAN CRUSADE AND THE HALLS OF PEACE
Chapter 49 The American Crusade and the Halls of Peace…………………………………………………………
Chapter 50 Difficulties Confronting Wilson—and Some Personalities…………………………………………
Chapter 51 Some Incidents of Peace-Making……………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 52 The Peace Treaties……………………………………………………………………………………………
Chapter 53 What Happened to the Fourteen Points and the Additional Eleven Points………………………
Chapter 54 Why America Cannot Make Peace in Europe………………………………………………………………
Chapter 55 Living in Paris—and Leaving for Home…………………………………………………………………
