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A companion to Harry S. Truman / edited by Daniel S. Margolies.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Blackwell companions to American history.
- Blackwell Companions to American History
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- International relations.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (698 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2012.
- Summary:
- With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. * Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency * Provides new approaches to the historiography of Truman and his policies * Features a variety of historiographic methodologies
- Contents:
- Truman in historical, popular, and political memory / Sean J. Savage
- Rhetoric and style of Truman's leadership / Steven Casey
- The issue of American empire / Jeremi Suri
- Harry S. Truman and the decision to use the atomic bomb / Sean Malloy
- The origins of the Cold War in international perspective / Amanda Kay McVety
- Exporting the American experience : global economic governance and the foreign economic policy of the Truman administration / Francine McKenzie
- NSC-68 and the national security state / Curt Cardwell
- Strategists and rhetoricians : Truman's foreign policy advisors / Benjamin A. Coates
- Truman, reconversion, and the emergence of the post-World War II consumer society
- Susannah walker
- The fair deal / Jason Scott Smith
- The election of 1948 / Dean Kotlowski
- The Truman administration and the public policy of civilian defense : making the best of a nightmare / Andrew Grossman
- Environmental history of the Truman years / Mark Harvey
- Truman and civil rights / Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford.
- Great Britain and American hegemony / Kathleen Rasmussen
- The Truman doctrine / Elizabeth Spalding
- The Marshall Plan / Robert H. Landrum
- Truman and the Middle East / Kelly Shannon
- Harry S. Truman's Latin American policy / Michael Donoghue
- Truman and NATO / Stephanie Trombley
- Truman, the United Nations, and the origins of the post-war world order / Robert McGreevey
- The Truman administration and Cold War neutrals / T. Michael Ruddy
- The legacies of Nuremberg in international law and American policy / Jinee Lokaneeta
- The occupation of Japan : a history of its histories / Hiroshi Kitamura
- The birth of a rivalry : Sino-American relations during the Truman administration / Gregg Brazinsky
- Conflicts in Korea / James Matray
- Setting the pattern : the Truman administration and Southeast Asia / Mark Lawrence.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781782689645
- 1782689648
- 9781118300749
- 1118300742
- 9781118300732
- 1118300734
- 9781283644310
- 1283644312
- 9781118300718
- 1118300718
- 9781118300725
- 1118300726
- 9781118300756
- 1118300750
- OCLC:
- 806038999
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