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A review by barbaraf
The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World by A.J. Baime
5.0
Fantastic!
I just had to read something about Harry Truman for my upcoming trip to Kansas City and a planned visit to the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. This was the perfect book.
It is just so well written and the pains the author took to extract all the historical details from those crucial months after FDR died, are notable. Plus I really appreciated how the author kept restating frequently the roles and titles of Truman's advisors and other political figures from that time, almost every time they are mentioned. Otherwise, I would have never kept them all straight. Basically, this book tells all of Truman's story but delves more deeply into his first four months (and probably some of the most important months in American history). Since my dad would have very likely been part of a ground invasion of Japan I would have certainly been yelling "Give 'em hell Harry"...
A fascinating in depth look at one of our greatest leaders...
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I just had to read something about Harry Truman for my upcoming trip to Kansas City and a planned visit to the Truman Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. This was the perfect book.
It is just so well written and the pains the author took to extract all the historical details from those crucial months after FDR died, are notable. Plus I really appreciated how the author kept restating frequently the roles and titles of Truman's advisors and other political figures from that time, almost every time they are mentioned. Otherwise, I would have never kept them all straight. Basically, this book tells all of Truman's story but delves more deeply into his first four months (and probably some of the most important months in American history). Since my dad would have very likely been part of a ground invasion of Japan I would have certainly been yelling "Give 'em hell Harry"...
A fascinating in depth look at one of our greatest leaders...
img src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tZY-jZkzfddk4TLuItxA6GZJLSZggk60/view?usp=sharing"