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Baime, A. J.

 
9781328585066: Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America's Soul
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ISBN 10 : 1328585069 ISBN 13 : 9781328585066
Editeur : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020

Synopsis

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President comes the thrilling story of the 1948 presidential election, one of the greatest election stories of all time, as Truman mounted a history-making comeback and staked a claim for a new course for America.
On the eve of the 1948 election, America was a fractured country. Racism was rampant, foreign relations were fraught, and political parties were more divided than ever. Americans were certain that President Harry S. Truman’s political career was over. “The ballots haven’t been counted,” noted political columnist Fred Othman, “but there seems to be no further need for holding up an affectional farewell to Harry Truman.” Truman’s own staff did not believe he could win. Nor did his wife, Bess. The only man in the world confident that Truman would win was Mr. Truman himself. And win he did. 
1948 was a fight for the soul of a nation. In Dewey Defeats Truman, A. J. Baime sheds light on one of the most action-packed six months in American history, as Truman not only triumphs, but oversees watershed events—the passing of the Marshall plan, the acknowledgement of Israel as a new state, the careful attention to the origins of the Cold War, and the first desegregation of the military. 
Not only did Truman win the election, he succeeded in guiding his country forward at a critical time with high stakes and haunting parallels to the modern day.
 

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À propos de l'auteur

A. J. Baime is the New York Times best-selling author of The Accidental President,The Arsenal of Democracy, and Go Like Hell. A longtime regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Popular Science, and Men’s Journal.

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Éditeur
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1328585069
ISBN 13 
9781328585066
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
448
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