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Cover of report co-authored by Richard B. Foster, 1975 (Richard B. Foster papers

Richard B. Foster collection now has a finding aid

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The archives’ Richard B. Foster collection now has a finding aid. The Foster papers document the work of a leading US national security analyst during the Cold War. In a long career at SRI International (formerly Stanford Research Institute), Foster specialized in strategic forecasting, attempting to predict future military and political developments on the basis of existing trends. He conducted research and wrote about many aspects of US defense policy, especially possible strategies in the event of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Conference on Peace Research, Education and Development sound recordings in the Hoover Archives

Monday, April 29, 2013

Building on its rich collections related to peacemaking and diplomacy, the Hoover Institution has now obtained audiocassettes of the proceedings of the national Conference on Peace Research, Education and Development (COPRED) held November 7-10, 1984. The conference brought together leading peace activists and political figures to discuss global challenges in security, institution building, conflict management, nuclear nonproliferation, and the role of public diplomacy in easing international tensions and improving international understanding.

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Taiwan's Tragedy

by Hsiao-ting Linvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 26, 2013

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Turning Points

by Niall Fergusonvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 26, 2013

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A Conversation with Herbert Hoover

Monday, April 22, 2013

In the first eleven minutes of this film Herbert Hoover talks about the Hoover Library on War, Revolution, and Peace with Ray Henle, NBC news commentator. A Conversation with Herbert Hoover was filmed in 1960. It is among the holdings of the Manuscripts Division and University Archives at Stanford University.

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The Road to Rogue

by Thomas H. Henriksenvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 26, 2013

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A More Powerful Message

by Peter Berkowitzvia Hoover Digest
Friday, April 26, 2013

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Prime Minister Margaret thatcher

Meese discusses Margaret Thatcher on WND radio

by Edwin Meese IIIvia WND - World Net Daily
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Edwin Meese, a distinguished visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution who served as the seventy-fifth attorney general of the United States, discusses how Margaret Thatcher inspired Reagan and how, when Reagan found that he and Thatcher had similar ideas, they joined forces.

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Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein

Hoover Releases Third Edition of Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case, Featuring New Material on One of Nation’s Most Controversial Espionage Cases

Monday, April 15, 2013
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Hoover Institution Press today released the third edition of Perjury: The Hiss-Chambers Case by Allen Weinstein. Perjury, the definitive account of the trial of former State Department and UN official Alger Hiss, was first published in 1978.
Time magazine editor Whittaker Chambers, who admitted to being both.
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Niall Ferguson

Ferguson notes that Europe is a mess and Thatcher was right on Bloomberg’s On the Move

via Bloomberg
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Niall Ferguson, a Hoover senior fellow, the Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University, and a noted author, discusses former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Thatcher, who helped end the Cold War and was known as the “Iron Lady” for her uncompromising style, died recently.

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Military History Working Group


The Working Group on the Role of Military History in Contemporary Conflict examines how knowledge of past military operations can influence contemporary public policy decisions concerning current conflicts.