The President and Protest HOOVER MacArthur BONUS RIOT by Donald J. Lisio SC LN!
Lisio re-examines the events surrounding the 1932 Bonus March on Hoover’s White House by outraged veterans. The general’s retaliation against the veterans was based on a supposed communist threat – which subsequent investigation failed to confirm – yet Hoover could never extract himself politically from the storm of controversy following the event.
The President and Protest HOOVER MacArthur BONUS RIOT by Donald J. Lisio SC LN!
Lisio re-examines the events surrounding the 1932 Bonus March on Hoover’s White House by outraged veterans. The general’s retaliation against the veterans was based on a supposed communist threat – which subsequent investigation failed to confirm – yet Hoover could never extract himself politically from the storm of controversy following the event.