Bibliograph

Harry S. Truman, Robert Dallek

Type

Label

Harry S. Truman, Robert Dallek

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Harry S. Truman

Oclc number

213384916

Responsibility statement

Robert Dallek

Series statement

American presidents

Summary

The plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century, Harry S. Truman clashed with Southerners over civil rights, with organized labor over the right to strike, and with General Douglas MacArthur over the conduct of the Korean War. He personified Thomas Jefferson's observation that the presidency is a "splendid misery," but it was during his tenure that the United States truly came of age

Target audience

general

Classification