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<p><P>Written by leading authorities in the fields of the contemporary social, political, and diplomatic history of the United States, the essays in this volume provide a wide-ranging overview of the intentions, achievements, and failures of the Truman administration. Divided into sections on domestic politics and issues, and foreign policy and national defence, the volume gives an authoritative appraisal of some of the major events and problems of the time in the light of recent scholarship. The essays make clear the overriding importance of the wartime experience for the Truman era.</p> <h3>Publishers Weekly</h3> <p>When Harry Truman retired from office in 1953 he was unpopular; three decades later, the ``Truman renaissance'' spotlighted him as one of our most effective chief executives. These 13 essays, resulting from a symposium sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson International Center in Washington, D.C., reflect critically on major developments of the Truman era in light of recent scholarship. Alonzo Hamby's paper, ``The Mind and Character of Harry S. Truman,'' is an instructive explanation of the increasingly attractive Truman image: ``To a generation alienated by transparently s

Who reads The Truman Presidency (Woodrow Wilson Center Press)?

Author

Michael James Lacey; Program on American Society and Politics (Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars); National Museum of American History (U.S.)

Publisher

Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars ; Cambridge University Press

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511876394

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Political Science, Language Learning