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This warm biography of Harry Truman is both an historical evaluation of his presidency and a paean to the man's rock-solid American values. Truman was a compromise candidate for vice president, almost an accidental president after Roosevelt's death 12 weeks into his fourth term. Truman's stunning come-from-behind victory in the 1948 election showed how his personal qualities of integrity and straightforwardness were appreciated by ordinary Americans, perhaps, as McCullough notes, because he was one himself. His presidency was dominated by enormously controversial issues: he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, est
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Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Release date: 14 June 1993
ISBN-10 : 0671869205 | ISBN-13: 9780671869205
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Release date: 14 June 1993
ISBN-10 : 0671869205 | ISBN-13: 9780671869205
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