ABSTRACT
The Truman Years is a concise yet thorough examination of the critical postwar years in the United States. Byrnes argues that the major trends and themes of the American history have their origins during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. He synthesizes the recent Truman literature, and explains the links between domestic U.S. political and social trends and cold war foreign policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part One|30 pages
Years of Uncertainty. 1945–46
part Two|30 pages
Retrenchment and Vindication, 1947–1948
part Three|16 pages
Growing Opposition, 1949–50
part Four|24 pages
Under-Siege, 1950–53
part Five|28 pages
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