A companion to Harry S. Truman [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Daniel S. Margolies

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910208829303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2012
• ISBN: 1-78268-964-8; 1-118-30074-2; 1-118-30073-4; 1-283-64431-2; 1-118-30071-8; 1-118-30072-6; 1-118-30075-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (698 p.)
• Collana: Blackwell Companions to American History
• Altri autori (Persone): MargoliesDaniel S. <1969->
• Disciplina: 973.918092
• Soggetti: International relations; Electronic books.; United States Foreign relations 1945-1953; United States Politics and government 1945-1953
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Truman in historical, popular, and political memory / Sean J. Savage -- Rhetoric and style of Truman's leadership / Steven Casey -- The issue of American empire / Jeremi Suri -- Harry S. Truman and the decision to use the atomic bomb / Sean Malloy -- The origins of the Cold War in international perspective / Amanda Kay McVety -- Exporting the American experience : global economic governance and the foreign economic policy of the Truman administration / Francine McKenzie -- NSC-68 and the national security state / Curt Cardwell -- Strategists and rhetoricians : Truman's foreign policy advisors / Benjamin A. Coates -- Truman, reconversion, and the emergence of the post-World War II consumer society -- Susannah walker -- The fair deal / Jason Scott Smith -- The election of 1948 / Dean Kotlowski -- The Truman administration and the public policy of civilian defense : making the ; best of a nightmare / Andrew Grossman -- Environmental history of the Truman years / Mark Harvey -- Truman and civil rights / Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford.; Great Britain and American hegemony / Kathleen Rasmussen -- The Truman doctrine / Elizabeth Spalding -- The Marshall Plan / Robert H. Landrum -- Truman and the Middle East / Kelly Shannon -- Harry S. Truman's Latin American policy / Michael Donoghue -- Truman and NATO / Stephanie Trombley -- Truman, the United Nations, and the origins of the post-war world order / Robert McGreevey -- The Truman administration and Cold War neutrals / T. Michael Ruddy -- The legacies of Nuremberg in international law and American policy / Jinee Lokaneeta -- The occupation of Japan : a history of its histories / Hiroshi Kitamura -- The birth of a rivalry : Sino-American relations during the Truman administration / Gregg Brazinsky -- Conflicts in Korea / James Matray -- Setting the pattern : the Truman administration and Southeast Asia / Mark Lawrence.