Plain speaking an oral biography of Harry S. Truman /
Based on a series of interviews with the former President during the early sixties recounting his views of the historic times he lived in as well as his own life.
| Main Author: | Miller, Merle, 1919-1986. |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[New York] : New York :
Berkley Pub. Corp. ; Distributed by G.P. Putnam's Sons,
[1974]
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| Physical Description: |
448 pages ; 24 cm. |
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| Summary: |
Based on a series of interviews with the former President during the early sixties recounting his views of the historic times he lived in as well as his own life. |
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| Item Description: |
Based on a series of interviews with the former President during the early sixties recounting his views of the historic times he lived in as well as his own life. The happiest childhood -- Some ancestors -- John Anderson Truman -- Independence and the war between the states -- Banking days and farming -- On Battery D -- Harry Truman, Madge Gates Wallace, and the haberdashery -- The haberdashery -- Early politics -- The only defeat--and then victory -- The first race for the Senate -- The 1940 campaign -- The Truman Committee -- The convention and the campaign of 1944 -- The end and the beginning -- Israel -- On Herbert Hoover -- Los niños heroes -- My biggest mistake -- The bomb -- General Marshall and the Marshall Plan -- The 1948 victory -- The Korean decision -- Firing the general -- God bless America -- On generals in general -- A few further observations on "Ike" -- Five weak presidents -- What ruins a man -- Of painting and B. Berenson -- On evangelists -- An attempted assassination -- The dean resigns -- On J. Edgar Hoover -- The CIA -- Some friends and neighbors, too -- The library tour -- The cause and cure of hysteria -- Afterword. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Physical Description: |
448 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
0399112618 9780399112614 |