1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America

by David Pietrusza and David Pietrusza

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The behind-the-headline true story of Harry Truman's stunning upset Everyone knows the iconic news photo of jubilant underdog Harry Truman brandishing a copy of the Chicago Tribune proclaiming "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." David Pietrusza goes backstage to explain how it happened, placing the brutal political battle in the context of an erupting Cold War and America's exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism. Pietrusza achieves for 1948's...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:140276748X

ISBN13:9781402767487

Release Date:October 2011

Publisher:Union Square Press

Length:520 Pages

Weight:2.25 lbs.

Dimensions:1.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

20th Century Elections Elections & Political Process Executive Branch History Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences

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