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Titolo |
A companion to Harry S. Truman / / edited by Daniel S. Margolies |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2012 |
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ISBN |
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9781782689645 |
1782689648 |
9781118300749 |
1118300742 |
9781118300732 |
1118300734 |
9781283644310 |
1283644312 |
9781118300718 |
1118300718 |
9781118300725 |
1118300726 |
9781118300756 |
1118300750 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (698 p.) |
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Collana |
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Blackwell Companions to American History |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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MargoliesDaniel S. <1969-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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International relations |
United States Foreign relations 1945-1953 |
United States Politics and government 1945-1953 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 -- |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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With contributions from the most accomplished scholars in the field, this fascinating companion to one of America's pivotal presidents assesses Harry S. Truman as a historical figure, politician, president and strategist. * Assembles many of the top historians in their fields who assess critical aspects of the Truman presidency * Provides new approaches to the historiography of Truman and his policies * Features a variety of historiographic methodologies |
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