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Other than the broadstrokes of his presidency, I really didn't know about Truman. I've read and watched a lot of documentaries on FDR and the rest of the Roosevelts but never really understood what happened after. This book changed that for me and gave me a lot to think about. It's focused only on the 4 months after Truman became president which is different from a lot of biographies and makes it feel more clear cut and easy to follow. It also makes it easy to follow the time line of events you probably already knew before reading this book. The author uses first hand accounts from the people directly around Truman and Truman himself as much as possible. This perspective is very different than a lot of books I've read and made a difference of my understanding of various events.