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Talking with Harry : candid conversations with President Harry S. Truman / edited and with commentary by Ralph E. Weber.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Interviews.
- Truman, Harry S.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Presidents--United States--Interviews.
- Presidents.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States.
- Politics and government.
- United States--Politics and government--1953-1961.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972--Social and political views.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2001.
- Summary:
- In his eight years as president from 1945 to 1953, Harry S. Truman made some of the most important decisions in U.S. history, particularly in foreign policy matters. This book contains transcripts of conversations with Harry Truman from taped interviews in 1959. The probing questions and straightforward answers cover a wide variety of domestic and foreign policy issues ranging from civil rights in the South to using the atomic bomb on Japan.
- This book provides a vivid portrait of Truman, "warts and all." Through his answers to questions, the threads of his political loyalty, bluntness, frustration, decency, thrift, humanity, and humor become a tapestry of his presidential character.
- Talking with Harry will fascinate all those interested in American history and the presidency.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-371) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0842029206
- 0842029214
- OCLC:
- 45439864
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