Public Versus Private Power During the Truman Administration
Subtitle: A Study of Fair Deal Liberalism
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing; Lang AG International Academic Publishers, Peter
Published: December 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780820431444
Subjects: Electric Power Resources Management; U.S. Federal Government; Business & Economics; History - U.S.; Business/Economics; Natural Resources; Public Policy - General; United States - 20th Century (1945 to 2000); Truman, Harry S; General; 1884-1972; Electric utilities; Government ownership; History; Hydroelectric power plants; Truman, Harry S.,; United States
Description: Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration offers the first thorough historical analysis of one of the most contentious aspects of the Fair Deal - President Harry S. Truman's electric power policies. In 1948, Truman championed as part of his liberal program a major expansion of public power.

De Luna shows how these plans were adulterated by a powerful combination of forces: the opposition of private power, discord among agencies and individuals in the executive branch, and a split in the Democratic Party. Forced to compromise on this important issue, the last Truman administration unwittingly helped usher in a more conservative period in American political life.