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- Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
- Number of Pages: 796
- ISBN: 0195045467
- WAPI (Tower ID): 107629738
- Release Date: October 26, 1995
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #289475 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
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- #45 in Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities (See Top 100 Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman" by Alonzo L. Hamby to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman"Browse more products related to "Alonzo L. Hamby"Review"Just when it seems that Truman has been forever sanctified, along comes Alonzo L. Hamby's unanticipated 'Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman'. Hamby, a Professor of History at Ohio University, presents a beautifully constructed and scrupulously researched portrait of Truman that strips away the mythologizer's varnish to give us the authentic, gutsy politician whose life was a potent testimony to burning ambition, good judgment, and blind luck." This is THE definitive biography." "Clear-eyed and unsentimental....Readers interested in what give-em-hell-Harry was really like won't want to miss it." "One of the most eminent Truman scholars in the historical profession, at the capstone of his career, has brought us a deeply researched, often surprising, scholarly life....Will absorb the general reader and animate historians for years to come." "Truman reeked of self-doubt, and much of his life and presidency amounted to an overcompensation for these insecurities....Hamby's immersion in the Truman archives results in a meticulous re-creation of Truman's early life which makes the later Truman recognizable and understandable." Publisher's noteHarry S. Truman is remembered today as an icon - the plain-speaking president, "Give 'em Hell Harry", the chief executive who put "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk. But Alonzo L. Hamby shows that there was more to Truman than the pugnacious fighter so prominent in popular memory. Insecure, ambitious, a man of honor, a partisan loyalist, an agrarian Jeffersonian Democrat who became a champion of big government, Truman was a complex figure who fought long and hard to triumph over his own weaknesses. In Man of the People, Hamby offers a gripping account of this distinctively American life, tracing Truman's remarkable rise from marginal farmer in rural Missouri to shaper of the postwar world. Truman comes alive in these pages as he has nowhere else, making his way from the farmhouse, to the front lines in France during World War I, to the difficult small-business world of Kansas City - all the time struggling with his deep feelings of inadequacy and immense ambition. Hamby also offers the best account yet of Truman's critical years in the Senate, covering not only his World War II probe of the defense program but also his neglected and revealing populist investigations of the railroads during the 1930s. He demonstrates that Truman was one of the most popular and respected members of the upper house. Hamby is particularly acute in his portrait of Truman's volatile presidency. He criticizes some aspects of the decision to use the atomic bombs against Japan but concludes that, considered in context, the act was understandable and justified. Providing new insight into the Cold War, he identifies the Turkish and Iranian crisis of 1946 as crucial turning points in Truman's attitudes toward theSoviet Union. Thoroughly covering Truman's struggle for "liberalism in a conservative age", Hamby also sheds great light on the president's Fair Deal domestic program. AnnotationThe author gives a great deal of historical background to Truman's career, as well as insight into his personality. Harry S. Truman is remembered today as an icon--the plain-speaking president, "Give 'em Hell Harry," the chief executive who put "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk. But Alonzo L. Hamby shows that there was more to Truman than the pugnacious fighter so prominent in popular memory. Insecure, ambitious, a man of honor, a partisan loyalist, an agrarian Jeffersonian Democrat who became a champion of big government, Truman was a complex figure who fought long and hard to triumph over his own weaknesses. If You Enjoy "Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman (Hardcover)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman (Hardcover)" by Alonzo L. Hamby (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Entertainment & Performing Arts - Television Personalities BestsellersBiography & Autobiography Bestselling Books
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