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Was Herbert Hoover America’s Most Misunderstood President?

Was Herbert Hoover America’s Most Misunderstood President?

The David Frum Show vor 2 Monaten

Margaret Hoover on Herbert Hoover’s life, presidency, legacy, and the renovation of his presidential library. Plus: Trump’s dropped Reflecting Pool indictment and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carré.

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In this episode of The David Frum Show, The Atlantic’s David Frum
opens with his reaction to the Justice Department’s decision to
drop its case against the Olympian David Hearn. He argues that the
prosecution was baseless from the start and, using the classic
“prisoner’s dilemma” thought experiment, explains why future
administrations must hold abuses of power accountable if American
democracy is to endure. Then, David is joined by Margaret Hoover,
the host of PBS’s Firing Line and a great-granddaughter of
President Herbert Hoover. They discuss the newly renovated Herbert
Hoover Presidential Library, Hoover’s remarkable life of public
service, and why his presidency deserves a more nuanced place in
American history. David ends the episode with a discussion of The
Spy Who Came in From the Cold by John le Carré, exploring the
evolution of the spy novel and the moral questions at the heart of
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