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Harry S. Truman: Give 'em Hell Harry!
Harry S. Truman
Speechworks, 1995
CD features 12 speeches given by Harry S. Truman. Included are his comments on the Victory in Europe and Japan, the Atomic Bomb, Inaugural Address, U.S. policy in Asia, his farewell address and more.
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Memoirs of Harry S. Truman: 1945 Year of Decisions 2 reviews
Harry S. Truman
William S. Konecky Associates, 1999
Amazing
+ The One To Have
This memoir, written by Truman because he was badly in need of money, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Truman starts with the days leading up to FDR's death, and makes a special note of how the president looked very ill.
Truman spend two volumes going over his critical eight years in office, ...
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Harry S. Truman: His Life and Times1 review
Brian Burnes
Kansas City Star Books, 2003
The Book Starts Here...
Brian Burnes new book on Harry Truman is a pleasure, impeccably researched and extremely well written. Rather than piling detail upon detail, Burnes opts for well-chosen anecdotes that add up to Truman's full story: his Kansas City boyhood, World War I service, political rise, presidency , and ...
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Harry and Ike: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World (Lisa Drew Books) 9 reviews
Steve Neal
Scribner, 2001
Finally, a satisfactory explaination
+ Two Men who sought to make the World better
+ Shaping the Post World War II World
+ Battle, Truce Worldwide and Personal in Neal's "Harry & Ike"
+ Flawed premise, but brilliant history
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Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks 6 reviews
Michael Gardner
Southern Illinois University Press, 2002
Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political R
+ A Marvelous Story about a True Civil Rights Hero
+ A MUST READ
A marvelous book that captures the seldom recognized strength and courage of this civil rights pioneer President. Prof. Gardner eloquently tells of Truman's ground breaking and couragous actions that changed the landscape of civil rights within the United States. Every American should read this ...
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Harry s Truman: Harry S. Truman (Profiles of the Presidents)1 review
Deborah Cannarella
Profiles of the Presidents, 2002
A good introductory biography for kids about Harry S Truman
Of course my first thought when I saw the cover of this juvenile biography of Harry S. Truman for the Profiles of the Presidents series was that there should not be a period after the S, because it does not stand for anything and is therefore not an abbreviation. But Deborah Cannarella tells her ...
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A Cross of Iron: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of the National Security State, 1945-19541 review
Michael J. Hogan
Cambridge University Press, 2000
A well-documented look at the politics of national security
With a keen eye for historical significance, Kevin Hogan surveys the formation of the national security establishment in the Truman and Eisenhower years. A balanced account, this treatment emphasizes the human factor in the arduous negotiations and political conflicts which took place during the ...
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An Unplanned Life: A Memoir5 reviews
George Mckee Elsey
University of Missouri Press, 2005
A Fascinating and Engaging Book
+ George Elsey is the "Right Stuff"
+ An Excellent Life Story
+ Great
+ A Great Insider View
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Truman286 reviews
David McCullough
Simon & Schuster, 1993
A massive and excellent biography of Harry Truman
+ Pray Obama's Read It
+ Here's a President for the Common Folk!
+ Truman
+ Long, but well worth the length
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Conflict and Crisis : The Presidency of Harry S Truman, 1945-19481 review
Robert J. Donovan
W W Norton & Co Ltd, 1977
A Pivotal Period of History and a Pivotal Subject
While David McCullough's more recent biography of Harry Truman has received widespread recent attention, Robert J. Donovan's earlier biography published in 1977 has much to recommend it. Whereas McCullough's extensive volume covers Truman's entire life, Donovan zeroes in on the pivotal period of a ...
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Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 (Give 'em Hell Harry Series)3 reviews
Harry S. Truman
University of Missouri Press, 1998
Love in old Missouri
+ Revealing look at a Future President
+ A True Love Story
First of all, the potential buyer of this book should know that it will throw you back to the years when Harry, the lower-middle-class farmer's boy from outer Jackson County, was courting Bess Wallace, a moderately rich girl and young woman (albeit from a very dysfunctional family) from ...
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Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman6 reviews
Margaret Truman
Grand Central Publishing, 1990
Great fun
+ Harry Gives 'em Hell Again
+ One great read!
+ Harry Truman Tells It Like It Is
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Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman29 reviews
Merle Miller
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2005
Excellent account of an amazing public figure
+ So-so history, but excellent insight into the man
+ Tell Me, Mister President, What Did You Really Think About MacArthur and Ike? #$%@&*!
+ The HoboPhilosopher
+ The Hobo Philosopher
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Harry S. Truman and the Modern American Presidency (Library of American Biography Series) (Library of ... 4 reviews
Robert H. Ferrell
Longman, 1997
The buck stops here
+ The buck stops here
This was required reading for a graduate course in American history. In this engaging biography, Robert H. Ferrell, who has authored and edited eight previous books on Truman, does an admirable job of presenting the life and presidency of Harry S. Truman. Although one can detect Ferrell's ...
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Truman and Pendergast3 reviews
Robert H. Ferrell
University of Missouri Press, 1999
A fine read for any student of Truman
Robert H. Ferrell's "Truman and Pendergast" is a fine addition to the ever increasing pantheon of written history of our 33rd (32nd) president. Ferrell focuses on a period which, until now, has not been the main focus of any Truman biography. The author paints a vivid picture of the necessary ...
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Another Such Victory: President Truman and the Cold War, 1945-1953 (Stanford Nuclear Age Series)4 reviews
Arnold offner
Stanford University Press, 2002
The case against Harry Truman
+ Who was Responsible for Starting the Cold War?
This is an interesting book, with its own eccentricities. When Truman left office he was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. But his fundamental decency and frankness only endeared people after the presidencies of Johnson and Nixon, and his academic reputation only increased ...
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When the Buck Stops With You: Harry S. Truman on Leadership4 reviews
Ph.D., Alan Axelrod
Portfolio Hardcover, 2004
Lessons on Doing Your Damndest
+ The Buck Stops Here....And He Meant It.
+ A Good Read!
+ Timeless Lessons From The Thirty-Third President
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Harry S. Truman: A Life (Give 'em Hell Harry Series)7 reviews
Robert H. Ferrell
University of Missouri Press, 1996
The buck stops here
+ McCollough's book, twice as long cast a large shadow.
+ Read, Think About, Enjoy!
+ Objective bio, complement to McCullough
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The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election25 reviews
Zachary Karabell
Vintage, 2001
A great book about a great campaign.
+ I love this stuff.
+ provocative and fun
+ 1948: An electoral mystery
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Harry S. Truman3 reviews
Margaret Truman
W. Morrow, 1972
Great, from what I hear
+ Readable and Insightful
+ Meet My Dad!
I bought this as a gift for an elderly friend, who had once had a copy that had become lost. She loves it, and says it is her all-time favorite book.
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