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Author Frank, Jeffrey, 1942- author.

Title The trials of Harry S. Truman : the extraordinary presidency of an ordinary man, 1945-1953 / Jeffrey Frank.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Simon & Schuster, 2022.
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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  973.918 FRANK    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY TRUMAN    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  BIOG. TRUMAN, H.    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  973.918 FRANK    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  B TRUMAN    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  973.918 FRANK    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  973.918 FRANK    Check Shelf
 Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department  973.918 FRA    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  920 FRANK    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  973.918 FRA    Check Shelf

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Description xliv, 528 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-493) and index.
Summary "The nearly eight years of Harry Truman's presidency--among the most turbulent in American history--were marked by victory in the wars against Germany and Japan; the first use of an atomic weapon; the beginning of the Cold War; creation of the NATO alliance; the founding of the United Nations; the Marshall Plan to rebuild the wreckage of postwar Europe; the Red Scare; and the fateful decision to commit troops to fight in Korea"-- Amazon.com.
Contents Prologue: The Missourian -- President Truman -- Terminal -- An unsteady alliance -- "The basic power of the universe" -- Truman's "conniver" -- Churchill makes mischief -- The quick and the dead -- A season of disharmony -- The doctrine's dilemma -- Wealth of a nation -- Strange interludes -- A cemetery for dead cats -- Minority reports -- The frontiers of hazard -- The scrapper -- Office politics -- "First lightning" -- "A new fanatic faith" -- A "border incident" -- "The second hand of destiny" -- A meeting on a small island -- Mense horribilis -- "Voice of God" -- "The mess in Washington" -- Dubious battles -- Bad chemistry -- The bitter end -- Epilogue: Citizen Truman.
Subject Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical.
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 1501102893 (hardcover)
9781501102899 (hardcover)
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