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Lädt ... The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953von Jeffrey Frank
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. 3.5 stars (rating shown may vary by site). This book was a recommendation from "Bookpage". It was a President that I didn't know much about, and I learned a lot about the period from 1945-1953. ( ) I finished Jeffrey Frank’s, The Trials of Harry S. Truman: The Extraordinary Presidency of an Ordinary Man, 1945-1953. Just 452 pages of reading not including the photos at the end. An interesting book that truly discusses the Trials of an ordinary but good man who became President. The books strengths are in the painting of a simple man who though not college educated continued to rise despite setbacks throughout his life. Rather like Ulysses S. Grant who had despite numerous business failings found his true identity as military leader, Harry Truman despite numerous setbacks found his strength in politics, first and foremost as a senator who led the Truman Committee and then blossomed as the president during the end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. He endured the decision to drop the bomb on Japan, led the world in fighting communism with the Truman Doctrine, The Marshall Plan, the formation of NATO, the recognition of Israel and the first hot war of the era the Korean War. His failure include bucking to pressure to instill loyalty oaths, the taking over of the steel mills and his slowness in dealing with General Douglas MacArthur. A man less afraid of making a bad decision than no decision. My biggest complaint is that the book often too quickly glosses important events, but still an interesting book that is willing to identify both the strength and weaknesses of Harry Truman. Not David McCullough’s Truman bit still a worthy addition to the scholarly study of Harry Truman. Zeige 2 von 2 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
The nearly eight years of Harry Truman's presidency--among the most turbulent in American history--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. Historians have tended to portray Truman as stolid and decisive, with a homespun manner, but the man who emerges in The Trials of Harry S. Truman is complex and surprising. He believed that the point of public service was to improve the lives of one's fellow citizens, and was disturbed by the brutal treatment of African Americans. Yet while he supported stronger civil rights laws, he never quite relinquished the deep-rooted outlook of someone with Confederate ancestry reared in rural Missouri. He was often carried along by the rush of events and guided by men who succeeded in refining his fixed and facile view of the postwar world. And while he prided himself on his Midwestern rationality, he could act out of emotion, as when, in the aftermath of World War II, moved by the plight of refugees, he pushed to recognize the new state of Israel. The Truman who emerges in these pages is a man with generous impulses, loyal to friends and family, and blessed with keen political instincts, but insecure, quick to anger, and prone to hasty decisions. Archival discoveries, and research that led from Missouri to Washington, Berlin and Korea, have contributed to an indelible, and deeply human, portrait of an ordinary man suddenly forced to shoulder extraordinary responsibilities, who never lost a schoolboy's romantic love for his country, and its Constitution. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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