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Author:

Frank, Jeffrey, 1942- author.

Title:

The trials of Harry S. Truman : the extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945-1953 / Jeffrey Frank.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2022

Description:

xliv, 528 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; illustrations : 24 cm.

Subject:

Truman, Harry S.,--1884-1972.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
Biographies.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Prologue The Missourian -- President Truman -- Terminal -- An Unsteady Alliance -- "The Basic Power of the Universe" -- Truman's "Conniver" -- Churchill Makes Mischief -- The Quick and the Dead -- A Season of Disharmony -- The Doctrine's Dilemma -- Wealth of a Nation -- Strange Interludes -- A Cemetery for Dead Cats -- Minority Reports -- The Frontiers of Hazard -- The Scrapper -- Office Politics -- "First Lightning" -- "A New Fanatic Faith" -- A "Border Incident" -- "The Second Hand of Destiny" -- A Meeting on a Small Island -- Mense Horribilis -- "Voice of God" -- "The Mess in Washington" -- Dubious Battles -- Bad Chemistry -- The Bitter End -- Epilogue Citizen Truman.

Summary:

"The nearly eight years of Harry Truman's presidency--among the most turbulent in American history--were marked by victory in the wars against Germany and Japan; the first use of an atomic weapon; the beginning of the Cold War; creation of the NATO alliance; the founding of the United Nations; the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wreckage of postwar Europe; the Red Scare; and the fateful decision to commit troops to fight in Korea."--Amazon.

ISBN:

9781501102899
1501102893

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1259046561

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