Truman
by David McCullough
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Author: David McCulloughEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1993-06-14
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 1120
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Book Review: David McCullogh does it again!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Yet another superb job by David McCullough!! He has emerged as the absolute BEST historical writer of our generation, hands-down. Talk about bringing a character to life and covering all the aspects of his subject: the good, the bad, and the ugly. From Trumans humble beginnings, through his presidency, and his death, McCullough brings you inside the mind of Truman, and many of the people most important in his life. This is a long book, but it reads so easily that you don't even realize it. I am just amazed at the job McCullough does with his subject matter, whether it be technical (i.e. the Brooklyn Bridge or the Panama Canal), or personal (i.e. Truman, John Adams, Teddy Roosevelt). He does such an incredible job making his subject matter spring to life, and leaving you wanting more. How many authors write history books that are genuine page-turners and read like a fiction novel? This is the ability McCullough has, and Truman is no exception. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in history, whether it be of WWII, the Atom Bomb, or Truman himself.
Summary of Truman
A biography of the U.S. president explores Truman's brutal frontier childhood, his education, his dogged optimism, his rise through the ranks of the Pendergast machine that controlled Missouri politics, and more. 100,000 first printing. Tour.This warm biography of Harry Truman is both an historical evaluation of his presidency and a paean to the man's rock-solid American values. Truman was a compromise candidate for vice president, almost an accidental president after Roosevelt's death 12 weeks into his fourth term. Truman's stunning come-from-behind victory in the 1948 election showed how his personal qualities of integrity and straightforwardness were appreciated by ordinary Americans, perhaps, as McCullough notes, because he was one himself. His presidency was dominated by enormously controversial issues: he dropped the atomic bomb on Japan, established anti-Communism as the bedrock of American foreign policy, and sent U.S. troops into the Korean War. In this winner of the 1993 Pulitzer Prize, McCullough argues that history has validated most of Truman's war-time and Cold War decisions.
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