# Mr. Hoover — The Economic Consequences of the Peace character guide

> Mr. Hoover in The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Mr. Hoover

**First appearance:** 0008-iii-the-conference

## Snapshot

The American relief administrator whose food ships kept a starving Europe alive while the politicians in Paris argued over reparations.

## Who they are

Hoover stands for the practical, unglamorous work of keeping Europe fed while the Conference pursued its political aims. Keynes frames the stakes starkly: a continent sick and dying, its population in excess of any available livelihood, its transport ruptured and food supplies terribly impaired. Against that background, Hoover's relief effort represents the prudence and magnanimity that the Peace Conference was supposed to honor alongside justice, and his presence quietly indicts the settlement's failure to reestablish life and heal wounds.

## In the story

### [Endnotes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_economic_consequences_of_the_peace_se/chapters/endnotes)

Mentioned in connection with the Hoover Mission to the Erzgebirge.

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