Harry Truman and the crisis presidency

Harry Truman and the crisis presidency /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Cochran, Bert, 1913-1984
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Funk & Wagnalls, [1973]
Subjects:	Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972. 1945-1953 Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953. Politics and government États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1945-1953. United States. Biography Biographies.

Table of Contents:

Struggle for the vice-presidency
Early years
Entry into politics
Jackson county judge
Senator from pendergast
A cockeyed horatio alger story
New white house regime
The course is changed
Conflict at potsdam
Two halves of the same walnut
From reconversion to taft-hartley
The 1948 miracle
Scandals, nato, peace treaty with japan
Arms race and the bomb
China trauma
Intervention in korea
Troubles on the home front
Trumanism and mccarthyism
The last hurrah
His place in the pantheon