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

"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 M...

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Main Author: Frank, Jeffrey, 1942- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Biographies.
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Table of 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.

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