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Truman's administrations, April 12, 1945-1953

  • Affection and Trustby Harry S. Truman; Dean Acheson; Ray Dr Geselbracht; David C. Acheson; David Mccullough

    Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010; US$ 30.00

    In this riveting collection, published for the first time, we follow Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson, two giants of the post?World War II period, as they move from an official relationship to one of candor, humor, and personal expression. Together they were primarily responsible for the Marshall Plan and NATO, among other world-shaping initiatives.... more...

  • American Gunfightby Stephen Hunter; John Jr. Bainbridge

    Simon & Schuster 2005; US$ 15.99

    American Gunfight is the fast-paced, definitive, and breathtakingly suspenseful account of an extraordinary historical event -- the attempted assassination of President Harry Truman in 1950 by two Puerto Rican Nationalists and the bloody shoot-out in the streets of Washington, D.C., that saved the president's life. Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner... more...

  • Citizen Soldierby Aida Donald

    Basic Books 2012; US$ 26.99

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  • The Cold War and Postwar America 1946-1963by Tim McNeese

    Infobase Publishing 2010; US$ 42.00

    "Discovering U.S. History" spans the complex and varied history of the United States from prehistoric times to the present day. This new chronological set can be read as a whole, providing readers with a comprehensive history, or as standalone v more...

  • A Companion to Harry S. Trumanby Daniel S. Margolies

    Wiley 2012; US$ 198.50

    With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency Provides new approaches... more...

  • Defending the Westby Gregory W. Sand

    ABC-CLIO 2004; US$ 77.00

    Covers the wartime correspondence between President Truman and Prime Minister Churchill and includes more than a decade of subsequent personal and official correspondence between the two. more...

  • The First Cold Warriorby Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

    The University Press of Kentucky 2006; US$ 40.00

    From the moment he took the oath of office in April 1945, Harry Truman was required to make difficult decisions in an increasingly dangerous world. The results -- notably the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization -- were the building blocks of containment, a strategic approach usually associated with George... more...

  • Harry Truman's Excellent Adventureby Matthew Algeo

    Chicago Review Press 2009; US$ 13.95

    From Missouri to New York and back again, this recounting of an amazing journey chronicles the road trip of a former president and his wife and their amusing, failed attempts to keep a low profile. Diners, bellhops, and cabbies shouted out ?Hiya, Harry!? whenever they recognized the former president, and, out for his daily constitutional on the... more...

  • The Liberal State on Trialby Jonathan Bell

    Columbia University Press 2005; US$ 64.99

    What was left, in both senses of the word, of liberalism after the death of Franklin Roosevelt? This question has aroused considerable historical debate because it raises the question of why the United States, during the Truman years, developed a much less state-centered orthodoxy than other comparable, powerful liberal states. What were the consequences... more...

  • A New Kind of Warby Howard Jones

    Oxford University Press, USA 1989; US$ 37.99

    America's experience in Greece has often been cited as a model by those later policymakers in Washington who regard the involvement as a "victory" for American foreign policy. Indeed, President Johnson and others referred to Greece as the model for America's deepening involvement in Vietnam during the mid-1960's. Greece became... more...