truman, harry s.

"After Franklin D. Roosevelts sudden death in April 1945, Harry S. Truman took the oath of office as the thirty-third US president. While perhaps best known for his controversial decision to drop atomic bombs to end combat with Japan in World War II, Truman was instrumental in postwar recovery and international relations. As readers will discover, he instituted the Truman Doctrine to fight the spread of Communism, approved the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe, and ordered armed forces in 1950 to assist South Korea in the Korean War. He also ended racial segregation in the US military and removed discriminatory practices in federal employment"--Amazon.

"The nearly eight years of Harry Truman's presidency . . . 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.

Chronicles Harry Truman's first four months in office after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

Contains key facts about the life of Harry S. Truman from his childhood to his retirement, focusing on his political career and his term as the thirty-third president of the United States.

"[The author] reveals how President Harry Truman defended democracy against the Soviet threat at the dawn of the Cold War"--Provided by publisher.

A history of the presidential campaign of 1948, explaining how Harry Truman managed to snatch what seemed to be a sure victory from his opponent, New York governor Thomas Dewey; and examines the impact of Henry Wallace's left-wing Progressive Party, and Strom Thurmond's right-wing States' Rights Party on the election.

Examines the use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, discussing the information on which American leaders based the decision to drop the bomb, and the roles of U.S.-Soviet relations and American domestic politics.

"Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series ; no. 9." Discusses Truman's presidency based on his policies and their effect.

A fresh and relevant narrative about the men who led this country through change and the lives they affected, from an early idea of democracy to our first African-American President.

An exploration of the plight of African-American soldiers and sailors, the work of President Harry Truman and others to desegregate the United States armed forces, and the legal, political, and moral aspects of desegregation.