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This chapter focuses on Harry S Truman, who became president at a time when the world was consumed by war. Truman's decisive and tough character, however, portrayed him as “a supremely tough, decisive leader” who, from the start, was completely in control of his entire administration.
Much new documentation in recent. years has become available on the man, Harry S. Truman, who assumed the prime responsibility for most of these develop ments. This material casts additional light on his personal resources and restraints, motives and methods, and multifarious. actions and reactions. Particularly, it.
When Harry S. Truman left the presidency in January 1953, he was one of the most unpopular politicians in the United States. The Korean War, accusations of corruption in his administration, and the anticommunist red-baiting of McCarthy and his allies had all contributed to the President's poor standing with the public.
Donald R. McCoy, Harry S. Truman: Personality, Politics, and Presidency, Presidential Studies Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2, Seperation of Powers and the Power to Govern: With Particular Reference to the Truman-Eisenhower Legacies (Spring, 1982), pp. 216-225
There are many excellent accounts of particular episodes in Truman's life and of the specific policies and issues of his administration, but the general biographies have often proved unilluminating and uncritical.1 Conversely, the critical accounts of Truman and his Presidency frequently appear to be written with Roosevelt tinted spectacles,2 wi...
30 lip 2012 · Summary This chapter contains sections titled: The Contemporary View The Revival of Plain-Speaking, Give'em Hell Harry Profiles in Courage The Defects of his Qualities How Truthful, Courageous, and...
16 sty 2009 · This essay has two basic intentions: first, to sketch a biographical portrait of Truman in such a way as to throw light on the methods, values and attitudes that he brought to the Presidency, and, second, to evaluate Truman's enduring contribution, in terms of responsibilities, procedures and organization, to the institution or office of the ...
