Harry S. Truman

For other people named Harry Truman, see Harry Truman (disambiguation).

* In 1995, an HBO television film about Truman's life was released, starring Gary Sinise as the President. Loosely based on the bestselling biography by David McCullough, it showed how Truman rose from an average man in a small town to become President of the United States. Simply titled Truman, it won numerous awards http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114738/awards Awards forTruman, IMDB.com..

References

Secondary sources

Biographies

* American National Biography. Vol. 21. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999, 857–863. ISBN 0195206355
* Donovan, Robert J. Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945-1948 (1977); Tumultuous Years: 1949-1953 (1982) detailed 2-vol political history
* Ferrell, Robert H. Harry S. Truman: A Life (1994)
* Fleming, Thomas J. Harry S. Truman, President (1993) for middle school audience.
* Gosnell, Harold Foote. Truman's Crises: A Political Biography of Harry S. Truman (1980)
* Graff, Henry F., ed. The Presidents: A Reference History. 2nd ed. New York: Simon and Schuster Macmillan, 1996, 443–458. ISBN 0684804719
* Hamby, Alonzo L. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (1995)
* Kirkendall, Richard S. Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia (1990)
* McCullough, David. Truman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. ISBN 0671869205 best-selling biography

Foreign Policy

* Gaddis, John Lewis. "Reconsiderations: Was the Truman Doctrine a Real Turning Point?" Foreign Affairs 1974 52(2): 386-402. Issn: 0015-7120
* Ivie, Robert L. "Fire, Flood, and Red Fever: Motivating Metaphors of Global Emergency in the Truman Doctrine Speech." Presidential Studies Quarterly 1999 29(3): 570-591. Issn: 0360-4918
* Matray, James. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," Journal of American History 66 (September, 1979), 314-33. Online at JSTOR
* Merrill, Dennis. "The Truman Doctrine: Containing Communism and Modernity" Presidential Studies Quarterly 2006 36(1): 27-37. Issn: 0360-4918
* Offner, Arnold A. "'Another Such Victory': President Truman, American Foreign Policy, and the Cold War." Diplomatic History 1999 23(2): 127-155. Issn: 0145-2096
* Pelz, Stephen. "When the Kitchen Gets Hot, Pass the Buck: Truman and Korea in 1950," Reviews in American History 6 (December 1978), 548-55. Online at Project MUSE in most academic libraries.
* Smith, Geoffrey S. "'Harry, We Hardly Know You': Revisionism, Politics and Diplomacy, 1945-1954," American Political Science Review 70 (June 1976), 560-82. Online at JSTOR at most academic libraries.
* Spalding, Elizabeth Edwards. The First Cold Warrior: Harry Truman, Containment, And the Remaking of Liberal Internationalism (2006)
* Wainstock, Dennis D. Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean War (1999)
* Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (1997)
* Walker, J. Samuel. "Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground" Diplomatic History April 2005 - Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pp 311-334

Domestic Policy

* Hartmann, Susan M. Truman and the 80th Congress (1971)
* Heller, Francis H. Economics and the Truman Administration (1981)
* Kirkendall, Richard S. ed. Harry's Farewell: Interpreting and Teaching the Truman Presidency (2004) essays by scholars
* Koenig, Louis W. The Truman Administration: Its Principles and Practice (1956)
* Levantrosser, William F. ed. Harry S. Truman: The Man from Independence (1986). 25 essays by scholars and Truman aides.
* Marcus, Maeva Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power (1994)
* Ryan, Halford R. Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric (1993)
* Theoharis, Athan. The Truman Presidency: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the National Security State (1979).

; Primary sources
* Bernstein, Barton J., Ed. The Truman Administration: A Documentary History (1966); 2nd edition published as Politics and Policies of the Truman Administration (1970).
* Ferrell, Robert H. ed. Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910-1959 (1983)
* Ferrell, Robert H. ed. Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (1980).
* Merrill, Dennis. ed. Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, (1995- ) 35 volumes; available in some large academic libraries.
*Neal, Steve. ed. Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops (2003)
* Truman, Harry S. Memoirs 2 vol (1955).
* Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman''. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter

; Notes

External links

* Free ebook of Harry S. Truman at Project Gutenberg
*Truman Museum and Library
*The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation
*Truman Obituary, New York Times 'On This Day'
*White House biography
*Truman Oval Office Recordings
* The American Presidency Project at UCSB: The Most Comprehensive Resource on the Web
** Public Papers of the Presidents: Harry S. Truman
** State of the Union Addresses
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** State of the Union Written Messages
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** Inaugural Addresses
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** Presidential Elections
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** 29 Audio/Video Clips of Harry Truman
** Academic Data Related to the Truman Administration
*Inaugural Address
*Audio clips of Truman's speeches
*How Truman spelled his name
*Peter M. Carrozzo on Michael R. Gardner, Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks
*Harry Truman's Forgotten Diary (washingtonpost.com)
*An analysis of Harry Truman's personality
*Harry Truman's cabinet
* The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists asks, "Would you have dropped the bomb?"
*Medical and Health history of Harry Truman
*Annotated bibliography for Harry S. Truman from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues

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