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The book provides a biography of Harry Truman in chronological fashion from his birth to his rise to U.S. Senator, Vice President, and President.It follows his activities until death, exploring many of the major decisions he made as president, including his decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, his meetings and confrontation with Joseph Stalin during the end of World War II ...
Ferrell devoted particular attention to Truman, writing or editing more than a dozen books on his life and presidency, including the 1983 New York Times bestseller Dear Bess: The Letters From Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959, [6] the 1994 biography Harry S. Truman: A Life, [7] 2002's The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman, [8] and 1994's Choosing ...
Harry S. Truman: A Life is a 1994 biography of Harry S. Truman, [1] president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, by historian Robert Hugh Ferrell.Although it was overshadowed by the popular success of David McCullough's Pulitzer-winning biography Truman, Ferrell's book was widely praised by scholars in his field.
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.A member of the Democratic Party, he assumed the presidency after Franklin D. Roosevelt's death, as he was vice president at the time.
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These books have won the American Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography. For articles about the prize-winning writers, see Category:Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography winners. See also Category:Pulitzer Prize for History–winning works.
Saving Freedom: Truman, The Cold War, and the Fight for Western Civilization, the fourth book by MSNBC Cable news host and former U.S. Representative Joe Scarborough, recounts the historic forces that navigated Harry Truman to begin America's historic battle against the threat of Soviet Communism and how a little known president built an enduring coalition that would use the Truman Doctrine to ...
The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, and the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-2392-9. Theoharis, Athan. The Truman Presidency: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the National Security State (1979). Wainstock, Dennis D. Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean ...