Displaying 1 of 1 2017 Title: The accidental president : Harry S. Truman and the four months that changed the world Author: Baime, A. J. (Albert J.), author. Format: Book Publisher, Date: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2017. ©2017 Description: xvi, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: "The dramatic, pulse-pounding story of Harry Truman's first four months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance"--From dust jacket flap. Subjects: Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Presidents -- United States -- Biography. World War, 1939-1945. United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953. Genre: Biographies. Contents: April 12, 1945 -- The political education of Harry S. Truman -- April-May 1945 -- June-July 1945 -- Little Boy, Fat Man, and Potsdam -- Epilogue. ISBN 9780544617346 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
