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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823723703321

Titolo

A companion to Harry S. Truman / / edited by Daniel S. Margolies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, MA, : Blackwell, 2012

ISBN

9781782689645

1782689648

9781118300749

1118300742

9781118300732

1118300734

9781283644310

1283644312

9781118300718

1118300718

9781118300725

1118300726

9781118300756

1118300750

Edizione

[1st ed.]

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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