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The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World
Contributor(s): Baime, A. J. (Author)

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ISBN: 1328505685     ISBN-13: 9781328505682
Publisher: Mariner Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Military - World War Ii
- History | United States - 20th Century
- Biography & Autobiography | Presidents & Heads Of State
Dewey: B
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5.2" W x 7.9" L (0.80 lbs) 464 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 20th Century
- Cultural Region - Japanese
- Chronological Period - 1940's
Features: Bibliography, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Publisher Description:
" A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining."--Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times

"A. J. Baime is a master. His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect. This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color."--Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company

Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man. That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR's sudden death. The first four months of Truman's administration saw the founding of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the mass starvation in Europe, the Potsdam Conference, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of imperial Japan, and finally, the end of World War II and the rise of the Cold War. No other president had ever faced so much in such a short period of time. The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during a tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher.


Contributor Bio(s): Baime, A. J.: -

A. J. BAIME is the New York Times best-selling author of The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War and Go Like Hell: Ford, Ferrari, and Their Battle for Speed and Glory at Le Mans. His latest book, The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World, was published in 2017. Baime is a longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men's Journal. He holds an MA in literature from NYU and currently lives in Granite Bay, California. Visit A. J. at Facebook.com/ajbaime and Trumanbook.com.


 
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