Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman Hardcover - 1995
by Alonzo L. Hamby; Preface by Alonzo L. Hamby
Hamby offers the best portrait yet of Truman's complex personality, revealing an insecure, ambitious man of honor, a partisan loyalist, and a champion of big government. Americans cherish him less for what he did than for whom he was--an ordianary man who worked his way up the political ladder to the summit of power. Photos.
From the rear cover
Harry S. Truman is remembered today as an icon - the plain-speaking president, "Give 'em Hell Harry", the chief executive who put "The Buck Stops Here" on his desk. But Alonzo L. Hamby shows that there was more to Truman than the pugnacious fighter so prominent in popular memory. Insecure, ambitious, a man of honor, a partisan loyalist, an agrarian Jeffersonian Democrat who became a champion of big government, Truman was a complex figure who fought long and hard to triumph over his own weaknesses. In Man of the People, Hamby offers a gripping account of this distinctively American life, tracing Truman's remarkable rise from marginal farmer in rural Missouri to shaper of the postwar world. Truman comes alive in these pages as he has nowhere else, making his way from the farmhouse, to the front lines in France during World War I, to the difficult small-business world of Kansas City - all the time struggling with his deep feelings of inadequacy and immense ambition. Hamby also offers the best account yet of Truman's critical years in the Senate, covering not only his World War II probe of the defense program but also his neglected and revealing populist investigations of the railroads during the 1930s. He demonstrates that Truman was one of the most popular and respected members of the upper house. Hamby is particularly acute in his portrait of Truman's volatile presidency. He criticizes some aspects of the decision to use the atomic bombs against Japan but concludes that, considered in context, the act was understandable and justified. Providing new insight into the Cold War, he identifies the Turkish and Iranian crisis of 1946 as crucial turning points in Truman's attitudes toward theSoviet Union. Thoroughly covering Truman's struggle for "liberalism in a conservative age", Hamby also sheds great light on the president's Fair Deal domestic program.
Details
- Title Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman
- Author Alonzo L. Hamby; Preface by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 800
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, New York
- Date 1995-10-26
- ISBN 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Weight 3.01 lbs (1.37 kg)
- Dimensions 9.51 x 6.41 x 2.32 in (24.16 x 16.28 x 5.89 cm)
-
Themes
- Cultural Region: Midwest
- Geographic Orientation: Missouri
- Library of Congress subjects Truman, Harry S., United States - Politics and government -
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94043806
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
Citations
- Kirkus Reviews, 08/01/1995, Page 1079
- Library Journal, 09/01/1995, Page 0
- New York Times, 11/12/1995, Page 62
- NY Times Notable Bks of Year, 01/01/1995, Page 70
- Publishers Weekly, 08/21/1995, Page 53
More Copies for Sale
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Youngtown, Arizona, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.00$5.25 shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: Life of Harry S. Truman
by Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
GORING BY SEA, West Sussex, United Kingdom
- Item Price
-
$8.83$10.88 shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Eugene , Oregon, United States
- Item Price
-
$6.99$3.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Hamby, Alonzo L
- Used
- Condition
- Used - Good
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Seller
-
Reno, Nevada, United States
- Item Price
-
$7.51FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Henrico, Virginia, United States
- Item Price
-
$10.00FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Item Price
-
$10.00$5.00 shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People : A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
- Item Price
-
$10.16FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Hamby, Alonzo L
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Boonsboro, Maryland, United States
- Item Price
-
$11.76$4.99 shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Alonzo L. Hamby
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Used - Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
HOUSTON, Texas, United States
- Item Price
-
$13.61FREE shipping to USA
Show Details
Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman
by Hamby, Alonzo L.
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition/1st Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10 / ISBN 13
- 9780195045468 / 0195045467
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Seller
-
Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
- Item Price
-
$16.01$5.50 shipping to USA