Man of the people : a life of Harry S. Truman /
Hamby, Alonzo L.
Man of the people : a life of Harry S. Truman / Alonzo L. Hamby. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. - xv, 760 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-723) and index.
1. "I Was Kind of a Sissy": In Search of Self, 1884-1906 -- 2. "I Tried to Dig a Living Out of the Ground": J. A. Truman & Son, Farmers, 1906-1914 -- 3. "My Ship's Going to Come in Yet": Misadventures in Venture Capitalism, 1915-1917 -- 4. "Our Young Man Was a True Patriot": The Forge of War, 1917-1919 -- 5. "June 28, 1920 One Happy Year... June 28, 1922 Broke and in a Bad Way": Family, Fraternity, and Commerce in the 1920s -- 6. "I Became a Member of a Fighting County Court": The Darwinian World of Jackson County Politics, 1922 -- 7. "McElroy and I Ran the County Court and Took All the Jobs": Ideals and Realities, 1923-1924 -- 8. "Enough Left for a Living": Family, Business, Service, 1925-1934 -- 9. "Am I an Ethical Giant... Or Just a Crook?": Achievement and Doubt, 1926-1934 -- 10. "A Tremendous Amount of Strain": Crisis and Anxiety, 1931-1934 -- 11. "I Have Come to the Place Where All Men Strive to Be": Questing for the Heights, 1931-1934 -- 12. "Wisdom to Serve the People Acceptably": Life in the Senate, 1935-1940 -- 13. "Vultures at the Death of an Elephant": Insurgency, New Dealism, Interest Group Politics, and the Regulatory State, 1935-1940 -- 14. "I'm Going to Lick that Double-Crossing, Lying Governor": Struggle for Vindication, 1937-1940 -- 15. "We Saved the Taxpayers About Fifteen Billion Dollars": The Truman Committee, 1941-1944 -- 16. "Looks Like I've Arrived in the Senate": Statesman and Democratic Leader, 1941-1944 -- 17. "Bob, It's Truman. F.D.R.": The Vice Presidency, 1944-1945 -- 18. "I Feel Like I Have Been Struck by a Bolt of Lightning": Confronting the Presidency, 1945-1947 -- 19. "I Am Here to Make Decisions": Potsdam and Hiroshima, 1945 -- 20. "I'm Tired Babying the Soviets": The Cold War Emerges, 1945-1946 -- 21. "Being President Is Like Riding a Tiger": The Trials of Liberalism in a Conservative Age, 1945-1946.
0195045467 (acid-free paper) 9780195045468 (acid-free paper)
94043806
GB96-13590
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Presidents United States
E 814 / .H28 1995
Man of the people : a life of Harry S. Truman / Alonzo L. Hamby. - New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. - xv, 760 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [643]-723) and index.
1. "I Was Kind of a Sissy": In Search of Self, 1884-1906 -- 2. "I Tried to Dig a Living Out of the Ground": J. A. Truman & Son, Farmers, 1906-1914 -- 3. "My Ship's Going to Come in Yet": Misadventures in Venture Capitalism, 1915-1917 -- 4. "Our Young Man Was a True Patriot": The Forge of War, 1917-1919 -- 5. "June 28, 1920 One Happy Year... June 28, 1922 Broke and in a Bad Way": Family, Fraternity, and Commerce in the 1920s -- 6. "I Became a Member of a Fighting County Court": The Darwinian World of Jackson County Politics, 1922 -- 7. "McElroy and I Ran the County Court and Took All the Jobs": Ideals and Realities, 1923-1924 -- 8. "Enough Left for a Living": Family, Business, Service, 1925-1934 -- 9. "Am I an Ethical Giant... Or Just a Crook?": Achievement and Doubt, 1926-1934 -- 10. "A Tremendous Amount of Strain": Crisis and Anxiety, 1931-1934 -- 11. "I Have Come to the Place Where All Men Strive to Be": Questing for the Heights, 1931-1934 -- 12. "Wisdom to Serve the People Acceptably": Life in the Senate, 1935-1940 -- 13. "Vultures at the Death of an Elephant": Insurgency, New Dealism, Interest Group Politics, and the Regulatory State, 1935-1940 -- 14. "I'm Going to Lick that Double-Crossing, Lying Governor": Struggle for Vindication, 1937-1940 -- 15. "We Saved the Taxpayers About Fifteen Billion Dollars": The Truman Committee, 1941-1944 -- 16. "Looks Like I've Arrived in the Senate": Statesman and Democratic Leader, 1941-1944 -- 17. "Bob, It's Truman. F.D.R.": The Vice Presidency, 1944-1945 -- 18. "I Feel Like I Have Been Struck by a Bolt of Lightning": Confronting the Presidency, 1945-1947 -- 19. "I Am Here to Make Decisions": Potsdam and Hiroshima, 1945 -- 20. "I'm Tired Babying the Soviets": The Cold War Emerges, 1945-1946 -- 21. "Being President Is Like Riding a Tiger": The Trials of Liberalism in a Conservative Age, 1945-1946.
0195045467 (acid-free paper) 9780195045468 (acid-free paper)
94043806
GB96-13590
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Presidents--United States--Biography.
United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
Presidents United States
E 814 / .H28 1995