Harry S. Truman
(2008)
By:
Dallek, Robert
Nonfiction
Book
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BIOGRAPHY/TRUMAN,H
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PUBLISHED
New York : Times Books, 2008
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION
183 pages
ISBN/ISSN
9780805069389, 0805069380
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, Harry S. 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