Truman Presidency

List of contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction and summary: the Truman era in retrospect Michael J. Lacey; 1. The mind and character of Harry S. Truman Alonzo L. Hamby; Part I. Domestic Politics and Issues: 2. Forging America's postwar order: domestic politics and political economy in the age of Truman Robert Griffith; 3. Attitudes toward industry in the Truman administration: the macroeconomic origins of microeconomic policy Craufurd D. Goodwin; 4. Labor in the Truman era: origins of the 'private welfare state' Nelson Lichtenstein; 5. Postwar American society: dissent and social reform William H. Chafe; 6. 'Some sort of peace': President Truman, the American people, and the atomic bomb Paul Boyer; Part II. Foreign Policy and National Defense: 7. The national security state reconsidered: Truman and economic containment, 1945-1950 Robert A. Pollard; 8. The insecurities of victory: the United States and the perception of the Soviet threat after World War II John Lewis Gaddis; 9. Alliance and autonomy: European identity and US foreign policy objectives in the Truman years Charles S. Maier; 10. US policy in the Near East: the triumphs and tribulations of the Truman administration Bruce R. Kuniholm; 11. Toward a post-colonial order: Truman administration policies toward South and Southeast Asia Robert J. McMahon; 12. Occupied Japan and the cold war in Asia John W. Dower; 13. The Truman administration and the Korean War Barton J. Bernstein; About the authors; Index.

Summary

The essays in this volume provide a wide-ranging overview of the intentions, achievements, and failures of the Truman administration.

Product details

• Assisted by: Lacey Michael James (Editor), Michael J. Lacey (Editor), Lee H. Hamilton (Editor), Michael James Lacey (Editor), Lacey Michael James (Editor)
• Authors: Michael James (Woodrow Wilson International Lacey, Michael James Lacey
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 28.06.1991
• Subject: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories
• EAN: 9780521407731
• ISBN: 978-0-521-40773-1
• Pages: 472
• Series: Woodrow Wilson Center Press; Woodrow Wilson Center Press
• Subjects: USA, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1950 to c 1959, History of the Americas, C 1945 To C 1960