Truman

Description

The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency
included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of
the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished
historian. The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American
stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor
Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean
Acheson—and dramatic events. In this riveting biography, acclaimed historian
David McCullough not only captures the man—a more complex, informed, and
determined man than ever before imagined—but also the turbulent times in which
he rose, boldly, to meet unprecedented challenges. The last president to serve
as a living link between the nineteenth and the twentieth centuries, Truman’s
story spans the raw world of the Missouri frontier, World War I, the powerful
Pendergast machine of Kansas City, the legendary Whistle-Stop Campaign of
1948, and the decisions to drop the atomic bomb, confront Stalin at Potsdam,
send troops to Korea, and fire General MacArthur. Drawing on newly discovered
archival material and extensive interviews with Truman’s own family, friends,
and Washington colleagues, McCullough tells the deeply moving story of the
seemingly ordinary “man from Missouri” who was perhaps the most courageous
president in our history. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (June 14, 1993)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Paperback ‏ : ‎ 1120 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671869205
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 05
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.39 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.13 x 1.9 x 9.25 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #18,897 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #65 in US Presidents #88 in Political Leader Biographies #118 in U.S. State & Local History
• #65 in US Presidents
• #88 in Political Leader Biographies