Background
Source: Wikipedia
Herbert Feis (June 7, 1893 – March 2, 1972) was an American historian, author, and economist who was the Advisor on International Economic Affairs (at that time, the highest-ranking economic official) in the US Department of State during the Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt administrations. Based on this experience, his subsequent 25-year career was as a leading scholar of the U.S. diplomatic history of the World War II period.
