Dewey defeats Truman: the 1948 election and the battle for America's soul

✍ Scribed by United States;United States / Politics and government / 1945-1953;USA President;Baime, A. J.;Thomas E. / (Thomas Edmund) / Dewey;Strom / Thurmond;Harry S. / Truman;Henry A. / (Henry Agard) / Wallace

• Publisher: HMH Books
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 822 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Boston ; New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt [2020
• ISBN: 1328588599

✦ 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 only man in the world confident that Truman would win was Mr. Truman himself. And win he did. 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 acknowledgment of Israel as a new state, the careful attention to the origins of the Cold War.

✦ Subjects

United States