Download or read book The Trials of Harry S Truman written by Jeffrey Frank and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2023-03-14 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeffrey Frank, author of the bestselling Ike and Dick, returns with the “beguiling” (The New York Times) first full account of the Truman presidency in nearly thirty years, recounting how a seemingly ordinary man met the extraordinary challenge of leading America through the pivotal years of the mid-20th century. 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 bomb and the development of far deadlier weapons; the start of the Cold War and the creation of the NATO alliance; the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wreckage of postwar Europe; the Red Scare; and the fateful decision to commit troops to fight a costly “limited war” in Korea. Historians have tended to portray Truman as stolid and decisive, with a homespun manner, but the man who emerges in The Trials of Harry S. Truman is complex and surprising. He believed that the point of public service was to improve the lives of one’s fellow citizens and fought for a national health insurance plan. While he was disturbed by the brutal treatment of African Americans and came to support stronger civil rights laws, he never relinquished the deep-rooted outlook of someone with Confederate ancestry reared in rural Missouri. He was often carried along by the rush of events and guided by men who succeeded in refining his fixed and facile view of the postwar world. And while he prided himself on his Midwestern rationality, he could act out of instinct and combativeness, as when he asserted a president’s untested power to seize the nation’s steel mills. The Truman who emerges in these pages is a man with generous impulses, loyal to friends and family, and blessed with keen political instincts, but insecure, quick to anger, and prone to hasty decisions. Archival discoveries, and research that led from Missouri to Washington, Berlin and Korea, have contributed to an indelible and “intimate” (The Washington Post) portrait of a man, born in the 19th century, who set the nation on a course that reverberates in the 21st century, a leader who never lost a schoolboy’s love for his country and its Constitution.
Download or read book The Accidental President written by Albert J. Baime and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 2017 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the atomic, earthshaking first 120 days of Harry Truman's unlikely presidency, an unprepared, small-town man had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power--marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American history.
Download or read book Harry S Truman written by United States. President (1945-1953 : Truman) and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 820 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1952 1953 Volume 8 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1966-01-01 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1949 written by United States Government Printing Office and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine title reads: Public Papers of the Presidents, Harry S. Truman, 1949. Contains public messages and statements of the President of the United States released by the White House from January 1-December 31, 1949. Also includes appendices and an index. Item 574-A. Related items: Public Papers of the Presidents collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/public-papers-presidents
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1951 Volume 7 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1950 Volume 6 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1965-01-01 with total page 908 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1947 Volume 3 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1963-01-01 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1949 Volume 5 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1964-01-01 with total page 708 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1951 written by United States Government Printing Office and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 792 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spine title reads: Public Papers of the Presidents, Harry S. Truman, 1951. Contains public messages and statements of the President of the United States released by the White House from January 1-December 31, 1951. Also includes appendices and an index. Item 574-A. Related items: Public Papers of the Presidents collection can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/public-papers-presidents
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1948 Volume 4 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1963-01-01 with total page 1116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book Harry S Truman and the News Media written by Franklin D. Mitchell and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based upon extensive research in the papers of President Harry S. Truman and in several journalistic collections, Harry S. Truman and the News Media recounts the story of a once unpopular chief executive who overcame the censure of the news media to ultimately win both the public's and the press's affirmation of his personal and presidential greatness. Franklin D. Mitchell traces the major contours of journalism during the lifetime and presidency of Truman. Although newspapers and newsmagazines are given the most emphasis, reporters and columnists of the Washington news corps also figure prominently for their role in the president's news conferences and their continuing coverage of Truman and his family. Broadcast journalism's expanding coverage of the president is also explored through chapters dealing with radio and television. President Truman's advocacy of a liberal Fair Deal for all Americans and a prudent and visible role for the nation in world affairs drew fire from the anti-administration news media, particularly the publishing empire of William Randolph Hearst, the McCormick-Patterson newspapers, the Scripps-Howard chain, and the Time-Life newsmagazines of Henry R. Luce. Despite press opposition and the almost universal prediction of defeat in the 1948 election, Truman was victorious in the greatest miscalled presidential election in journalistic history. During his full term, Truman's relations with the news media became contentious over such matters as national security in the Cold War, the conduct of the Korean War, and the continuing charges of communism and corruption in the administration. Although Truman's career in politics was based on honesty and the welfare of the people, his early political alliance with Thomas Pendergast, Kansas City's notorious political boss, provided the opportunity for a portion of the press to charge Truman with subservience to Pendergast's own agenda of corrupt government. The history and the dynamics of the Truman presidency and the American news media, combined with biographical and institutional sketches of key individuals and news organizations, make Harry S. Truman and the News Media a captivating and original investigation of an American president. Well written and researched, this book will be of great value to Truman scholars, journalists, and anyone interested in American history or presidential studies.
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1946 Volume 2 written by Truman, Harry S. and published by Best Books on. This book was released on 1962-01-01 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Download or read book A Companion to Harry S Truman written by Daniel S. Margolies and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-07-30 with total page 873 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency Provides new approaches to the historiography of Truman and his policies Features a variety of historiographic methodologies
Download or read book Man of the People written by Alonzo L. Hamby and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1995 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of the US President.
Download or read book Harry S Truman written by Caroline Evensen Lazo and published by Twenty-First Century Books. This book was released on 2002-06-01 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the private life and political career of Harry S. Truman, who served as President from 1945 to 1953.
Download or read book Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States Harry S Truman 1952 53 written by United States Government Printing Office and published by General Services Administration. This book was released on 1999-06 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
