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Title The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world / A.J. Baime.
Author Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author.
Publication Info. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017.
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 Orlando Public Library (Downtown) - Fourth Floor  973.918 BAI    Check Shelves
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Description xvi, 431 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
text txt rdacontent
unmediated n rdamedia
volume nc rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-422) and index.
Contents April 12, 1945 -- The political education of Harry S. Truman -- April-May 1945 -- June-July 1945 -- Little Boy, Fat Man, and Potsdam -- Epilogue.
Summary A look at the president's tumultuous first four months in office examines the events he presided over, including the founding of the United Nations, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, and the decision to drop the bomb.
Subject Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Presidents -- United States -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
World War, 1939-1945.
Related To Online version: Baime, A. J. (Albert J.). Accidental president Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017 9780544618480 (DLC) 2017045178
ISBN 9780544617346 (hardcover) : $30.00
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