Arlie J. Hoover joined the Department of History in 1980. His field of specialty is Modern Europe, with emphasis on the intellectual history of Germany and Russia.
Hoover has written ten books, the most recent of which are monographs in his special interest - clerical nationalism: The Gospel of Nationalism: German Patriotic Preaching from Napoleon to Versailles (1986); God, Germany, and Britain in the Great War: A Study in Clerical Nationalism (1989); and God, Britain, and Hitler in World War II: The View of the British Clergy 1939-1945 (1999). In addition he has written 15 articles for journals such as Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism, History of European Ideas, and The European Legacy. He has read over 20 papers at historical conferences, many of them in overseas meetings such as Berlin, Germany, Oxford, England, Leuven, Belgium, Aalborg, Denmark, Gratz, Austria, Jerusalem and Haifa, Israel.
Hoover's book, Dear Agnos: A Defense of Christianity (Baker, 1976) is now in its third printing (College Press, Joplin, MO). It was the monthly selection for the Evangelical Book Club (January, 1976) and has been translated into Russian and Polish.
Hoover was not raised in an ivory tower but clawed his way up the ladder from such humble occupations as west Texan cotton picker, a soda jerk, and a grease monkey.
