Harry S. Truman by Emeritus Robert Dallek

Harry S. Truman by Emeritus Robert Dallek

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century

In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all.

Few chief executives have had so lasting an impact. Truman ushered America into the nuclear age, established the alliances and principles that would define the cold war and the national security state, started the nation on the road to civil rights, and won the most dramatic election of the twentieth century--his 1948 "whistlestop campaign" against Thomas E. Dewey.

Robert Dallek, the bestselling biographer of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, shows how this unassuming yet supremely confident man rose to the occasion. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age.

r over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age.r over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age.r over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age.

Robert Dallek is the author of numerous popular presidential biographies, including Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy; Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; Nixon and Kissinger: Partners in Power; Nixon Kennedy, 1917-1963; and Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant, the famous two-volume biography of Lyndon B. Johnson. He has taught at Columbia, Oxford, UCLA, Boston University, and Dartmouth, and has received numerous prizes for scholarship and teaching, including the Bancroft Prize. He currently resides in Washington, D.C.

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ISBN 13	9780805069389
ISBN 10	0805069380
Title	Harry S. Truman
Author	Emeritus Robert Dallek
Series	American Presidents
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Times Books
Year published	2008-09-02
Number of pages	208
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