Harry S. Truman
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Truman was raised in Independence, Missouri, and during World War I fought in France as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning home, he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri, and was elected as a judge of Jackson County in 1922. Truman was elected to the United States Senate from Missouri in 1934. Between 1940 and 1944, he gained national prominence as chairman of the Truman Committee, which was aimed at reducing waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts.
Truman was elected vice president in the 1944 presidential election and assumed the presidency upon Roosevelt's death in April 1945. It was only when Truman assumed the presidency that he was informed about the ongoing Manhattan Project and the atomic bomb. Truman authorized the first and only use of nuclear weapons in war against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, leading to Japan's surrender and the end of the world war. Truman's administration engaged in an internationalist foreign policy by working closely with Britain. Truman staunchly denounced isolationism. He energized the New Deal coalition during the 1948 presidential election, despite a divided Democratic Party, and won a surprise victory against Republican Party nominee Thomas E. Dewey that secured his own presidential term.
Truman presided over the onset of the Cold War in 1947. He oversaw the Berlin Airlift and Marshall Plan in 1948. With the involvement of the US in the Korean War of 1950–1953, South Korea repelled the invasion by North Korea. Domestically, the postwar economic challenges such as strikes and inflation created a mixed reaction over the effectiveness of his administration. In 1948, he proposed Congress pass comprehensive civil rights legislation. Congress refused, so Truman issued Executive Order 9980 and Executive Order 9981, which prohibited discrimination in federal agencies and desegregated the U.S. Armed Forces.
Investigations revealed corruption in parts of the Truman administration, and this became a major campaign issue in the 1952 presidential election, although they did not implicate Truman himself. He was eligible for reelection in 1952 but, with poor polling, he chose not to run. Truman went into a retirement marked by the founding of his presidential library and the publication of his memoirs. It was long thought that his retirement years were financially difficult for Truman, resulting in Congress establishing a pension for former presidents, but evidence eventually emerged that he amassed considerable wealth, some of it while still president. When he left office, Truman's administration was heavily criticized. Despite this controversy, scholars rank Truman in the first quartile of American presidents. In addition, critical reassessment of his presidency has improved his reputation among historians and the general population.
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Freedom and equality, addresses by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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The Truman administration, its principles and practice by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Peace, freedom, and world trade by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harry S. Truman, 1884- : chronology-documents-bibliographical aids by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Miracle of '48 : Harry Truman's major campaign speeches & selected whistle-stops by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Truman speaks by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Truman speaks. by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Truman speaks by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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The wit & wisdom of Harry Truman by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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The military assistance program ; message of the President to the Congress and statements of the Secretary of State and Ambassadors Douglas and Grady. by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Working together for peace : address by Harry S. Truman, President of the United States, June 25, 1951. by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Letters home by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Memoirs by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday & Company, 1955
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Truman by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Memoirs. by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Harry S. Truman in his own words / by William Hillman ; pictures by Alfred Wagg. by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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Off the record : the private papers of Harry S. Truman by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
New York : Harper & Row, 1980
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Strictly personal and confidential : the letters Harry Truman never mailed by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Boston : Little, Brown, 1982
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Dear Bess : the letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
New York : Norton, 1983
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The quotable Truman by Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
New York : Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994
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