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Conflict and crisis, the Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948, Robert J. Donovan

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Includes bibliographical references (page 442) and index

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Robert J. Donovan

the Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948

A historical account of the Truman presidency discussing the man, his personal views and quarrels, foreign policy decisions, legislation and programs, and his political strategies

I. Taking over from F.D.R. -- Call from the White House -- Honeymoon for the "Missouri gang" -- Pro-New Deal: Anti-New dealer -- The ominous rift over Poland -- "The most terrible weapon" -- V-E Day: Triumph and trouble -- Atomic bomb: The fateful momentum -- Truman, Stalin, Churchill -- The Potsdam Conference -- "Release when ready" -- Victory -- and then?II. Postwar upheaval -- The morass of reconversion -- "Peace is hell" -- Truman and the military -- The Trumans at home -- The Hurley Affair: an omen -- The beginning of the end for Byrnes -- 1946: A disastrous year begins -- Ickes quits -- Sharp turn toward the Cold War -- Building on sand: The Baruch Plan -- One way to handle a rail strike -- The firing of Henry Wallace -- The Beefsteak Election of 1946 -- Showdown with John L. Lewis -- The unraveling of the old orderIII. Cold War -- 1947: The Eightieth Congress convenes -- China mission fails: Marshall Secretary of State -- Crisis in Europe -- The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan -- The misguided loyalty program -- Taft-Hartley: Truman on the offensive -- CIA -- Palestine -- The historic civil rights report -- Wallace declaresIV. 1948 -- A stormy beginning -- Czechoslovakia and the Berlin Blockade -- Truman and the State of Israel -- The liberals versus Truman -- A president comes out fighting -- Whistle stop -- Incredible victory