Ascent to Power
How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
New York : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2024], ©2024.
Format: Book
Description: 531 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map, portraits ; 24 cm
"The fascinating story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history, from Franklin Roosevelt to Harry Truman, and the legacy Truman struggled to overcome to lead America into a new, post-war world."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Death and rebirth -- Over the rainbow -- Go all out for Truman -- Best he could do -- Unprepared -- Second coming in wrath -- Bearing the unbearable -- Had enough? -- Transformation -- Lift every voice -- Politics of 1948 -- Pour it on, Harry -- Now it's my fight -- Liberator -- Grips to the attic.
Subjects:
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
ISBN:
0593186443
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
BIOGRAPHY Truman, Harry | Main (Downtown) | Biography | Out (Due: 6/18/2024) |
"Map by Jeffrey L. Ward"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-509) and index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-509) and index.