《冒险年代:美国总统胡佛自传》是关于美国总统胡佛的一本回忆录，由胡佛总统亲笔撰写。书中，胡佛忆起早年作为采矿工程师的职业生涯，以及被派往中国河北唐山的开滦煤矿“打工”的经历。与此同时，他还回顾了一战期间及战后，他参与的对欧洲难民和儿童的救济行动，以及遇到的各种问题。
作为总统，胡佛一生曾参与多项政治历史事件的决策，书中他也提到了1919年《凡尔赛合约》签订的始末，以及他在其中扮演的角色，为读者讲述了一个他眼中真实的《凡尔赛合约》。通过他对自己早年经历的回顾，我们将看到一个血肉饱满的胡佛先生，而本书也将为我们还原一个更真实自然的胡佛总统。
胡佛总统亲笔撰写，独家回忆早年生活
《冒险年代：美国总统胡佛自传》由美国总统胡佛亲笔撰写，他在书中回忆起自己早年的生活，从中我们不仅可以了解到胡佛的童年生活，求学生涯，婚姻家庭生活，作为工程师的采矿经历，还有一战期间他对欧洲难民和儿童的救助行动。通过这本回忆录，读者可以认识一个更全面，更生动，更立体的胡佛总统。
洞悉时代风云，解读历史真相
《冒险年代：美国总统胡佛自传》中，胡佛重点回忆起一战期间及战后，他作为美国救济委员会主席对欧洲难民和儿童的救助行动，以及在这个过程中遇到的诸多问题。也正是他在美国救济委员会的工作，使他成为享誉世界的风云人物，并由此步入政坛。通过他的回忆，读者可以近距离地了解一战及战后欧洲的境况，更直观地了解胡佛的人生轨迹。
Preface 1
Chapter 1 Iowa 1
Chapter 2 Oregon 10
Chapter 3 Stanford University 16
Chapter 4 Start of Engineering Life in the United States 25
Chapter 5 Engineering in Australia 29
Chapter 6 Engineering in China 34
Chapter 7 Engineering over the World 69
Chapter 8 International Free-Lance Engineering 93
Chapter 9 Family Living and Extra-Curricular Activities 109
Chapter 10 Living with the British 116
Chapter 11 The Profession of Engineering 122
Chapter 12 The Coming of the World War 126
Chapter 13 The American Committee in London 132
THE BELGIAN RELIEF—1914-1920
Chapter 14The Belgian Relief 143
Chapter 15 Financing the Relief and International Trouble 151
Chapter 16 Pioneering the First Food Administration in History 163
Chapter 17 Troubles with Ships 169
Chapter 18 Troubles Crossing War Frontiers 174
Chapter 19 Living with the Germans 180
Chapter 20 Trouble in the United States Senate 190
Chapter 21 Some Personages in the Relief 193
Chapter 22 Some Family and American Diplomatic Matters and
Colonel House 200
Chapter 23 America Goes to War and the C.R.B. Shifts Its Base 206
Chapter 24 The Belgian Relief Picture Changes Again with the Armistice 215
Chapter 25 Interlude Twenty Years After 222
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION—1917-1919
Chapter 26 Policies and Organization 227
Chapter 27 Food and Military Strategy—The Food Blockade—The Great Food
Crisis Which Never Came 241
Chapter 28 Washington War Organization—The War Council—And
Various Matter 246
Chapter 29 Some Results of the Food Administration 252
Chapter 30 Family Life in Washington During the War 258
Chapter 31 Transforming the Food Administration into a New Mission 261
THE RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION OF EUROPE—1918-1920
Chapter 32 At the Dawn of the Armistice 269
Chapter 33 Some Disagreeable Surprises 274
Chapter 34 Setting Up Organization 280
Chapter 35 More Efforts to Cooperate 284
Chapter 36 Some Down-to-Earth Problems: World Supplies, Finance, Accounting,Communications, Passports, Government Contracts 287
Chapter 37 More Down-to-Earth Problems: Ships, Railways, Ports and Canals,Coal, Barter of Internal Supplies 296
Chapter 38 Child Feeding—Pestilence—Prisoners of War—The Stanford
War Library 306
Chapter 39 Breaking American Food Price Guarantees—the Continuing Blockadeof Europe 314
Chapter 40 The Allies, the Neutrals, Belgium and Poland 338
Chapter 41 Finland and the Other Baltic States 347
Chapter 42 Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Armenia 363
Chapter 43 Germany, Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey 374
Chapter 44 Hungary and Roumania 382
Chapter 45 Russia 396
Chapter 46 Approaching the End 407
Chapter 47 Some Results 411
Chapter 48 There Was Idealism 414
THE AMERICAN CRUSADE AND THE HALLS OF PEACE
Chapter 49 The American Crusade and the Halls of Peace 419
Chapter 50
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