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Hoover Opens 30+ Exclusive Interviews With Cheney, Powell, Shultz, And Other Key Foreign Policy Leaders

More than thirty interviews with prominent political figures including Dick Cheney, Colin Powell, George Shultz, and Brent Scowcroft from journalist James Mann's collection are now open for research. They offer first hand accounts of high-level decision-making during pivotal moments in American foreign policy, including the lead-up to the Iraq War.

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Hoover Acquires Rare Materials Related To Mengjiang United Autonomous Government, A Puppet Regime Sponsored By The Japanese During World War II

Established in Inner Mongolia during World War II, the Mengjiang United Autonomous Government collection includes a unique photo album of Prince Demchugdongrub's 1941 state visit to Tokyo and manuscripts by the regime's supreme political advisor, offering new insights into Japan's wartime occupation strategy in China.

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Fighters of Both Hot and Cold Wars: Hoover Acquires Personal Papers of Nationalist Chinese Military Leaders

The personal papers of Liu Shun-yuan, Cheng Sung-ting, and Fred Wu-O Chiao, who fought on the pre-1949 Nationalist Chinese mainland and served in the military in post-1949 Taiwan for the Republic of China (ROC), are now at Hoover.

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Hoover Acquires Wartime Journals Of Imperial Japanese Navy Captain Shimoda

These materials contain firsthand accounts of Pacific War carrier operations - from Pearl Harbor to Tinian - including original maps and rare reflections from inside Japan's naval air forces. 

Hoover Acquires The Archives Of Award-Winning Biographer Heath Hardage Lee

This collection offers insights into the craft of modern biography, the recovery of women’s voices in American political history, and the transformation of archival evidence into public knowledge.

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Hoover Acquires Family Papers Of Yang Yongtai, An Influential Bureaucrat In Chiang Kai-shek’s Regime

Donated by Yang's descendants, these rare materials include family photographs and personal papers that shed new light on leadership, politics, ideology, and conflict in Republican China during the 1930s.