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Dear Harry

Autor Kathryn Moore
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2019
Americans are not shy about letting politicians know what's on their minds, and, in Harry Truman, they believed that they had a president they could level with. He even sometimes responded personally to them-especially on subjects he felt strongly about. Today, it seems remarkable that a man who described the presidency as "the most awesome job in the world" would take the time to read and respond to White House mail.Truman, however, had an unquenchable thirst for what his "everyday Americans" were thinking, yet distrusted opinion polls. For him, the daily stack of mail provided the next best poll after the voting booth. Authors Giangreco and Moore include a robust cross section of the thousands of messages sent to Truman. Juxtaposed with informative background essays, these letters provide an undiluted account of the greatest challenges confronting the U.S. during Truman's administration, including civil rights, the Marshall Plan, the formation of Israel, the atomic bomb, the McCarthy hearings, the Korean War, and the General McArthur's dismissal, which alone solicited more than 90,000 missives. While the majority of the letters are from private citizens, others come from correspondents, the occasional bombastic senator, and a few from the world figures.
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ISBN-13: 9780811738514
ISBN-10: 0811738515
Pagini: 544
Dimensiuni: 149 x 233 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.75 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

D. M. Giangreco served at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, for more than 20 years as an editor at Military Review, followed by work in the Foreign Military Studies Office. An award-winning author of thirteen books on military and sociopolitical subjects, he has also written extensively for numerous national and international publications and news agencies.

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President Harry Truman had an unquenchable thirst for what his "everyday Americans" were thinking, yet distrusted opinion polls. For him, the daily stack of mail provided the next best poll after the voting booth. Dear Harry includes a robust cross section of the thousands of messages sent to Truman from both private citizens and world figures.