| Description |
xvii, 473 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
I. Taking over from F.D.R. -- Call from the White House -- Honeymoon for the "Missouri gang" -- Pro-New Deal: Anti-New dealer -- The ominous rift over Poland -- "The most terrible weapon" -- V-E Day: Triumph and trouble -- Atomic bomb: The fateful momentum -- Truman, Stalin, Churchill -- The Potsdam Conference -- "Release when ready" -- Victory -- and then? |
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II. Postwar upheaval -- The morass of reconversion -- "Peace is hell" -- Truman and the military -- The Trumans at home -- The Hurley Affair: an omen -- The beginning of the end for Byrnes -- 1946: A disastrous year begins -- Ickes quits -- Sharp turn toward the Cold War -- Building on sand: The Baruch Plan -- One way to handle a rail strike -- The firing of Henry Wallace -- The Beefsteak Election of 1946 -- Showdown with John L. Lewis -- The unraveling of the old order |
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III. Cold War -- 1947: The Eightieth Congress convenes -- China mission fails: Marshall Secretary of State -- Crisis in Europe -- The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- The misguided loyalty program -- Taft-Hartley: Truman on the offensive -- CIA -- Palestine -- The historic civil rights report -- Wallace declares |
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IV. 1948 -- A stormy beginning -- Czechoslovakia and the Berlin Blockade -- Truman and the State of Israel -- The liberals versus Truman -- A president comes out fighting -- Whistle stop -- Incredible victory |
| Summary |
A historical account of the Truman presidency discussing the man, his personal views and quarrels, foreign policy decisions, legislation and programs, and his political strategies |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 442) and index |
| Subject |
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
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| SUBJECT |
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029742
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| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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World politics -- 1945-1955.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140466
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United States -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140410
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| LC no. |
77009584 |
| ISBN |
0393009246 |
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0393056368 |
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9780393009248 |
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9780393056365 |
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