{"product_id":"the-truman-presidency-paperback-9780521407731","title":"The Truman Presidency (Paperback) 9780521407731","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Truman Presidency\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael James Lacey (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521407731, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 28 June 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e472 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.7 cm, 0.69 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eWritten by leading authorities in the fields of the contemporary social, political, and diplomatic history of the United States, the essays in this volume provide a wide-ranging overview of the intentions, achievements, and failures of the Truman administration. Divided into sections on domestic politics and issues, and foreign policy and national defence, the volume gives an authoritative appraisal of some of the major events and problems of the time in the light of recent scholarship. The essays make clear the overriding importance of the wartime experience for the Truman era.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction and summary: the Truman era in retrospect Michael J. Lacey\u003cbr\u003e 1. The mind and character of Harry S. Truman Alonzo L. Hamby\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Domestic Politics and Issues: 2. Forging America's postwar order: domestic politics and political economy in the age of Truman Robert Griffith\u003cbr\u003e 3. Attitudes toward industry in the Truman administration: the macroeconomic origins of microeconomic policy Craufurd D. Goodwin\u003cbr\u003e 4. Labor in the Truman era: origins of the 'private welfare state' Nelson Lichtenstein\u003cbr\u003e 5. Postwar American society: dissent and social reform William H. Chafe\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Some sort of peace': President Truman, the American people, and the atomic bomb Paul Boyer\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Foreign Policy and National Defense: 7. The national security state reconsidered: Truman and economic containment, 1945–1950 Robert A. Pollard\u003cbr\u003e 8. The insecurities of victory: the United States and the perception of the Soviet threat after World War II John Lewis Gaddis\u003cbr\u003e 9. Alliance and autonomy: European identity and US foreign policy objectives in the Truman years Charles S. Maier\u003cbr\u003e 10. US policy in the Near East: the triumphs and tribulations of the Truman administration Bruce R. Kuniholm\u003cbr\u003e 11. Toward a post-colonial order: Truman administration policies toward South and Southeast Asia Robert J. McMahon\u003cbr\u003e 12. Occupied Japan and the cold war in Asia John W. Dower\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Truman administration and the Korean War Barton J. Bernstein\u003cbr\u003e About the authors\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Postwar%2020th%20century%20history,%20from%20c%201945%20to%20c%202000%20%5BHBLW3%5D%22\"\u003eHBLW3\u003c\/a\u003e], History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45913212256536,"sku":"9780521407731","price":33.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521407731i_7fc7a5ee-0dbd-4ad0-a372-d5c5b81c534c.jpg?v=1691381242","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-truman-presidency-paperback-9780521407731","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}