The Truman Presidency

By: Michael J. Lacey (Editor), Lee H. Hamilton (Editor), Lacey Michael James (Editor)

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Paperback | 22 August 1991

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Written 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.

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"These 13 essays...reflect critically on major developments of the Truman era in light of recent scholarship." Publishers Weekly ."..a provocative and balanced volume." Choice ."..contributions are...informative and intellectually stimulating. In sum, they well document the complexity of the Truman presidency and its vital importance in setting the agenda of the United States since 1945." The Journal of American History

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Acknowledgments
Introduction and summary: the Truman era in retrospect
The mind and character of Harry S. Truman
Domestic Politics and Issues
Forging America's postwar order: domestic politics and political economy in the age of Truman
Attitudes toward industry in the Truman administration: the macroeconomic origins of microeconomic policy
Labor in the Truman era: origins of the 'private welfare state'
Postwar American society: dissent and social reform
'Some sort of peace': President Truman, the American people, and the atomic bomb
Foreign Policy and National Defense
The national security state reconsidered: Truman and economic containment, 1945-1950
The insecurities of victory: the United States and the perception of the Soviet threat after World War II
Alliance and autonomy: European identity and US foreign policy objectives in the Truman years
US policy in the Near East: the triumphs and tribulations of the Truman administration
Toward a post-colonial order: Truman administration policies toward South and Southeast Asia
Occupied Japan and the cold war in Asia
The Truman administration and the Korean War
About the authors
Index
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