{"product_id":"harry-s-truman-robert-dallek-9780805069389","title":"Harry S. Truman: The American Presidents Series: The 33rd President, 1945-1953","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe plainspoken man from Missouri who never expected to be president yet rose to become one of the greatest leaders of the twentieth century\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri. Many believed he would be overmatched by the job, but Harry S. Truman would surprise them all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFew chief executives have had so lasting an impact. Truman ushered America into the nuclear age, established the alliances and principles that would define the cold war and the national security state, started the nation on the road to civil rights, and won the most dramatic election of the twentieth century--his 1948 whistlestop campaign against Thomas E. Dewey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Dallek, the bestselling biographer of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, shows how this unassuming yet supremely confident man rose to the occasion. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Dallek\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0805069380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780805069389\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/02\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/30\/2008 pg. 171\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2008 pg. 684\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2008","brand":"Robert Dallek","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43994006159615,"sku":"9780805069389","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_356aa5f4-6b7f-4328-aed7-57424884ebfd.jpg?v=1683327569","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/harry-s-truman-robert-dallek-9780805069389","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}