The memoirs of Harry S. Truman : a reader's edition /

The memoirs of Harry S. Truman : a reader's edition /

"Raymond H. Geselbracht's new edition of Harry S. Truman's memoirs, which reduces the length and greatly clarifies the presentation of the original memoirs' text, offers a new generation of readers the thrill of hearing the unique and authentic voice of Harry S. Truman, probably...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform title:Memoirs (2019)
Author / Creator: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 (Author)
Other Authors / Creators:Geselbracht, Raymond H., editor.
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Imprint: Columbia., Missouri : University of Missouri Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972
1945-1953
Presidents > United States > Biography.
Politics and government
Presidents
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
United States
Biographies
Online Access:Click here for full text at Project MUSE
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood, boyhood, youth 1884-1901
  • Banker, farmer, soldier, haberdasher 1901-1922
  • County Judge 1922-1934
  • Senator 1934-1944
  • Vice President 1944-1945
  • Being President
  • President-first days April 12-30. 1945
  • United Nations Conference April-June 1945
  • End of the war in Europe April-May 1945
  • Martha Ellen Truman visits the White House May 1945
  • Preparing to meet with Churchill and Stalin May-August 1945
  • Potsdam Conference July 6-August 3, 1945
  • International challenges at war's end April-October 1945
  • Cabinet 1945-1946
  • Demobilization and universal military training May-October 1945
  • Budget
  • Postwar economic problems 1945-1948
  • Atomic energy after Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  • Foreign Aid Lend-Lease, the British Loan, Food Aid, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Point Four
  • Reorganizing for national security 1945-1949
  • NATO 1948-1952
  • Berlin Airlift 1948-1949
  • Israel
  • Civil War in China 1945-1949
  • Fair Deal the 21-point message, full employment, civil rights, housing, agriculture, health care
  • Election of 1948
  • Communisim, Anti-Communism and Civil Liberties
  • Seizure of the steel mills 1951-1952
  • Korean War 1-Invasion June-October 1950
  • Korean War 2-Chinese Intervention October-December 1950
  • Korean War 3-MacArthur is removed from his commands;stalemate and negotiatians 1950-1953
  • Campaign and transition 1952.

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