destruction ultimately, and his view was that the two great evil dictators, adolph hitler, and joseph stalin, were bound sooner or later to clash, particularly because of the aggressive urge already expressed on the part of adolph hitler. so it is believed if they did in the vastier rain of eastern europe, that both side would waning each other and it was best for the british and the french and the united states to encourage that mutual self-destruction, hopefully, of these two fanatical regimes. so that was central part of the hoover geo political vision. now, he did not envisage -- and i don't think too many people did at that time -- what we now know, the appalling orchestrated simplic killing of seven million jews. >> by the time,ously, the writing writing of this book went through vary men drafts over a long period of time, during which it became clear that the holocaust was a historical reality. did that cause him to rethink his view in any way? >> i don't see evidence of it. he makes favorable reference to the creation hover the state of israel. one of his closest friends and sorbses

conference in 1943 is a lost opportunity for trying to reign in the imperialistic appetites of joseph stalin so that was somewhat surprising. i think what i find most often about the book, not quite surprising, because i have known about it in other ways, was the sheer energy that he brought into this. here is a man who in his 80s got up at 5:30 in the morning. he was at his desk at 6:00 and he would write until 6:00 the next evening with short intervals of breakfast, lunch and unlike coffee break. .. >> are there unpublished manuscripts still in the baltic as it were? >> i did discover in researching, various drafts of what has been the parallel volume where he discusses his domestic politics involvement 1933 through the 1950's. if he called that his crusade book that has yet to be published. >> host: hopefully you will bring it to us. we have been talking to george nash the book is freed of the trade. >> we will get started here. a whirlwind day for professor frank here in washington d.c.. i want to welcome you to the new america foundation on a nice gray, of all day thank you for joining

he's a bol she have i can revolutionary, an admirer of joseph stalin. he wants to return rush a to a soviet-style economy. he and his fellow comrades meet in this cafe every month. they're now riding the wave of putin's growing unpopularity for all its worth. >> we have reached a critical mass, and the most dangerous thing for those in power and what will bury them is that this is a mass of educated and urban people. this regime will be destroyed, and we will get a completely different political situation in the country. >> reporter: andre's flat in the suburbs has been raided by police who have ordered him not to leave the city. his party has been ban, and he faces three years in jail if found guilty of promoting extremism. he says that putin, once seen as russia's strong man, is now its tyrannyal czar and if he rigs presidential elections in march he will face a russian version of the arab spring. >> i think his desire to reign will not lead to any good. there will be a very powerful civil protest in march, more than in december. this is a chance to c

contain the seeds of its own destruction and his view was the great evil dictators adolf hitler and joseph stalin were bound sooner or later to clash because of the aggressive urge expressed on the part of a of hitler said he believed if they did in the vast terrain of eastern europe, that both sides would weaken each other and so what was best for the united states and even the british and the french to encourage that kind of mutual self destruction hopefully of these two fanatical regimes. and so that was a central part of the hoover geopolitical vision. now he did not envision and i don't think that many did at that time what we know now of the polling orchestrated systematic killing of the civilian juice's. >> host: by the time of the writing of this book went through many drafts over a long period time and we should be clear that the holocaust was a historical reality did that cause him to rethink his view in any way? >> guest: i don't see evidence of it. he makes a favorable reference to the creation of a state of israel and one of the leader passages in the book. one of his closest friends

destruction ultimately, and his view was that the two great evil dictators -- adolf hitler and joseph stalin -- were bound soon or ore later -- sooner or later to clash. so he believed that if they did in the vast terrain of eastern europe, that both sides would weaken each other. and so it was best for the united states and even the british and the french to encourage that kind of mutual self-destruction, hopefully, of these two fanatical regimes. and so that was, that was a central part of the hoover geopolitical vision. now, he did not envisage and i don't think too many people did at that time what we now know, the appalling, orchestrated, systematic killing of several million jews. >> host: but by the time, obviously, the writing of this book went through very many drafts over a long period of time and during which it became clear that the holocaust was a historical reality. did that cause him to rethink his view in any way? >> guest: i don't see evidence of it. he makes a favorable reference to the creation of the state of israel in one of the later passages in the book. one of his clo

conference in 1943 as a lost opportunity for trying to reign in the imperialistic appetites of joseph stalin. so that was somewhat surprising. i think what i find most awesome about the book -- not quite surprising, because i've known about it in other ways -- was the sheer energy that he poured into this. here's a man who in his 80s got up at 5:30 in the morning, at his desk at 6:00 and would write until 6:00 the next evening with short intervals for breck fashion lurch, and a mid-afternoon coffee break. he was writing many books, and my favorite statistic, between the ages of 85 and 90, he wrote seven books, published seven books. but not the magnum opus, the one that mattered to him most. so the man's tenacity, his desire to get the record out -- he wrote that four-volume american epic series. volume four of that was effectively a revised version of volume six of the original memoir scheme. so he did kind of get that in at the end. but i think what would i like to know more about herbert hoover? well, i'm always looking for documents where he explains himself on paper and where we don't h

the conference of 1943 as a lost opportunity for trying to rein in the unrealistic appetite of joseph stalin so that was somewhat surprising. i think what i find most often about the book, not quite surprising because i've known about it in other ways was the sheer energy that he poured into this. here is a man who in his eighties got up at 5:30 in the morning he was at his desk at six and would write until 6 o'clock the next evening for breakfast or lunch in the midafternoon coffee break. he was an only writing a magnum-opus come he was writing other books and my favorite statistic between the ages of 85 and 90 he wrote seven books, published seven books but not the magnum-opus that mattered to him the most. .. >> i don't know. he called that his crusade book. that is yet to to be published. >> host: hopefully you will bring it to us. that is an extraordinary accomplishment. we have been talking to george nash. the book is freedom the trade. >> good evening. welcome to the mid manhattan branch of the newark public library. thank you for joining us. for two nights presentation comment tonigh