Title:
The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world
Author:
Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.
ISBN:
9780544617346
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Publication Information:
New York :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
2017.
Physical Description:
xvi, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 24 cm
Contents:
April 12, 1945 -- The political education of Harry S. Truman -- April-May 1945 -- June-July 1945 -- Little Boy, Fat Man, and Potsdam -- Epilogue.
Abstract:
A look at the president's tumultuous first four months in office examines the events he presided over, including the founding of the United Nations, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, and the decision to drop the bomb.
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