1948, Harry Truman's improbable victory and the year that transformed America's role in the world, David Pietrusza
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1948, Harry Truman's improbable victory and the year that transformed America's role in the world, David Pietrusza
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 414-508) and index
resource.biographical
contains biographical information
Illustrations
illustrationsplates
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
1948
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
707260582
Responsibility statement
David Pietrusza
Sub title
Harry Truman's improbable victory and the year that transformed America's role in the world
Summary
"Everyone knows the iconic newsphoto: A jubilant underdog Harry Truman brandishes a copy of the Chicago Tribune proclaiming 'DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN.' But far more exists to 1948's election that a single inglorious headline. In this ... book, ... David Pietrusza goes beyond the headlines to reveal the backstage events behind Truman's stunning upset victory, placing in context a down-to-the-wire fight against the background of an erupting Cold War, the Berlin Airlift, and the birth of Israel, and a post-war America facing exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism."--Front flap of jacket
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1948, Harry Truman's improbable victory and the year that transformed AmericaNineteen forty-eight
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- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Biography
- Presidents + Election -- 1948
- Social change + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
- Political culture + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- Politicians -- Biography
- Presidential candidates -- Biography
- Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Biography
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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- Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- ) -- Biography
- Presidents + Election -- 1948
- Social change + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
- Political culture + History -- 20th century
- United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953
- Politicians -- Biography
- Presidential candidates -- Biography
- Democratic Party (U.S.) -- Biography
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
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