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Hace 3 días · Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States senator from Missouri from 1935 to 1945 and briefly as the 34th vice president in 1945 under Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Hace 1 día · The Truman presidency marked a new era in American foreign relations, with the United States emerging from World War II unmatched in economic strength and military power. The country assumed a leadership position in a postwar world primarily shaped by growing antagonism with the Soviet Union. Truman pursued an interventionist foreign policy ...
Hace 3 días · In one of the greatest election upsets in American history, incumbent Democratic President Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey, and third-party candidates, becoming the third president to succeed to the presidency upon his predecessor's death and be elected to a full term.
Hace 1 día · United States - Red Scare, McCarthyism, Cold War: Truman’s last years in office were marred by charges that his administration was lax about, or even condoned, subversion and disloyalty and that communists, called “reds,” had infiltrated the government.
Hace 2 días · In the annals of American history, Harry S. Truman stands out as a remarkable figure, a man who rose from humble beginnings to become the 33rd President of the United States. While many presidents have held esteemed degrees from prestigious institutions, Truman’s path to the Oval Office was unique, as he was the only 20th-century president without a college degree.
Hace 6 días · Could it be that his ‘boosterism’ stemmed from his experiences as a farmer from 1906 to 1917 in Grandview, Missouri? It was on the farm where Harry Truman most closely interacted with the environment and this volume completely glosses over this.
Hace 6 días · Three million copies of “The Story of Harry S. Truman” were released in October 1948, just as the country’s attention was focusing on the coming election. Its 16 brightly colored pages...
