Congress and Harry S. Truman
Subtitle: a conflicted legacy
By: edited by Donald A. Ritchie
Contributors: Ritchie, Donald A., 1945-
Series: Truman legacy series -- v. 7
Publisher: Truman State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Kirksville, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9781935503941; 9781935503965
Subjects: Politics and government; Congresses
Notes: "Based on the seventh Truman Legacy Symposium, Congress and Harry S. Truman : a conflicted legacy, May, 2009, Key West, Florida "

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What President Truman thought of Congress and how he chose to deal with it / Ken Hechler; title: Truman and Congress: a clash of parties and personalities / Raymond W. Smock; title: Triumphs, tribulations, and turnip day sessions in the 80th Congress: Harry Truman copes with divided government / Richard S. Conley; title: Harry S. Truman and Congress: presidential effectiveness and the liberal scorecard / Alonzo L. Hamby; title: Truman the bipartisan? reassessing the record of the "do-nothing" Congress / Robert P. Watson; title: Truman and the anti-communist investigations / Robert David Johnson; title: Congress and Cold War foreign policy during the Truman administration / Susan M. Hartmann; title: Truman, Congress, and war powers / Louis Fisher; title: Truman, Congress, and the military / Burton I. Kaufman.