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The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election 25 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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Prompt and Utter Destruction: President Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan12 reviews
J. Samuel Walker
University of North Carolina Press, 1997
Historiography at its Finest
+ No ideology here just history
+ Great History Book
One of the most complex, divisive, and nuanced debates in the history of the twentieth century is the decision by U.S. President Harry S. Truman in August 1945 to drop two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, thereby ending World War II. A traditional conception of the decision, indeed ...
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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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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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Eleanor and Harry: The Correspondence of Eleanor Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman (Lisa Drew Books)4 reviews
Scribner, 2002
Eleanor and Harry
+ Eleanor and Harry
+ A great book to read following a Truman biography
+ Historic Friendship
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Harry Truman and the Human Family12 reviews
Frank K. Kelly
Capra Pr, 1998
Harry Truman and the Human Family
+ Frank Kelly's Vision
+ Insider View of Harry Truman
+ Truman understood the true meaning of Democracy
+ The Eye of a True Reporter
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General MacArthur and President Truman: The Struggle for Control of American Foreign Policy 3 reviews
Richard H. Rovere, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger
Transaction Publishers, 1997
Short but informative
This book is concise, yet extremely informative. Richard H. Rovere and Arthur Schlesinger Jr. prove to be a great match in writing the "General and the President." The book opens on a brief note on General Douglas Macarthur's early military history, followed by the outbreak of the Korean war, and ...
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The Wit & Wisdom of Harry S. Truman 6 reviews
Ralph Keyes
Gramercy, 1999
Truth in high office
+ Nice introduction to Truman
+ Very Good Insights
+ An entertaining and insightful view of Truman
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Harry S. Truman: A Life (Missouri Biography Series)7 reviews
Robert H. Ferrell
Univ of Missouri Pr, 1994
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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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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A Preponderance of Power: National Security, the Truman Administration, and the Cold War (Stanford Nuclear ...2 reviews
Melvyn Leffler
Stanford University Press, 1993
A Captivating, intersesting, and thought provoking book.
+ "A Preponderance of Power" Reviewed
I found this book to be very interesting and thought provoking. It captured and held my interest from the beginning. To fully understand this book it is essential to have some background about the cold war, its origin and the key players in both the Soviet Union and the Truman Administration.
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Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks6 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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Where the Buck Stops: The Personal & Private Writings of Harry S. Truman6 reviews
Margaret Truman
Random House Value Publishing, 1991
Great fun
+ Harry Gives 'em Hell Again
+ One great read!
+ Harry Truman Tells It Like It Is
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The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941-1945 94 reviews
Michael R. Beschloss
Simon & Schuster, 2003
A great read
+ How Allies planned for post-war world
+ The Not So Private War of Henry Morgenthau
Reading this book made me understand more about the complex war Roosevelt fought, against not only Germany, but also his own supporters and allies. Recommended.
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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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Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (Oxford Paperbacks)5 reviews
Alonzo L. Hamby
Oxford University Press, USA, 1998
Superb bio without the mythology that has obscured Truman
+ Truman the man as president
+ An Excellent Biography of a Great President!
Hamby uses the tools of a professional historian -- excellent documentation and sources, superb prose, and healthy skepticism -- to brilliantly move beyond the standard adoring view of Truman as a plain-talking, quick-deciding everyman. While he is shown to have been those things, he is also ...
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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 S. Truman and the Founding of Israel3 reviews
Michael T. Benson
Praeger Publishers, 1997
An Intriguing Look at the Influence of Religion on Politics
Most of us in America presume that religious convictions are checked at the doors of our governmental offices. Benson's book articulates exactly how Truman's deep religious convictions guided--even determined--the U.S. policy toward Isral, leading to the official recognition of its independence. ...
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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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The Truman Years, 1945-1953 (Seminar Studies in History Series)1 review
Mark S. Byrnes
Longman, 2000
Truman Era Never Been So Exhilerating
The Truman Years is an insightful, surprisingly readable analysis of a defining era in American political history. Byrnes has certainly expended considerable effort in bringing the Cold War to students of history in an entertaining yet scholarly fashion. Even those readers not receiving academic ...
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