The year of indecision, 1946
Subtitle: a tour through the crucible of Harry Truman's America
By: Kenneth Weisbrode
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9780670016846
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Politics and government; Presidents
Description: An account of Truman's first year in office argues that the tensions and issues that the nation faced are similar to those America faces today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index.
Table of contents: title: The uprooted; title: "Harry who?"; title: Empire men; title: Dynamo; title: Four speeches; title: Poujades; title: Coal and steel; title: New York City; title: Gaze homeward; title: Preponderance; title: Archipelago; title: Midpassage.