The Accidental President Harry S. Truman, the Bomb and the Four Months That Changed the World

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Publisher's Synopsis

Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who find themselves facing extraordinary circumstances and, through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history. Chosen as President Roosevelt's fourth term Vice President for his admired work ethic, good judgement and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man from small-town America. That is, until he was thrust in over his head following the sudden death of Roosevelt.

With the world still caught up in the inferno of the Second World War, Truman found himself playing the roles of both judge and jury during the founding of the UN, the Potsdam Conference, the Manhattan Project, the German surrender, the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the decision to drop the Bomb and bring the war to the end.

Tightly focused, meticulously researched and drawing on documentation not available to previous biographers, The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during this tumultuous, history-making four months - when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher . . .

Book information

ISBN: 9780857503275
Publisher: Transworld
Imprint: Bantam Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 973.918092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 576
Weight: 400g
Height: 191mm
Width: 129mm
Spine width: 35mm