02762cam a2200325 4500 574553720 TxAuBib 20220507120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780544618480 0544618483 B01MQVT9TG Amazon 5ca47454-897c-4957-be89-5875fe865672 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3116695 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Baime, A. J. The Accidental President [Libby eBook] : Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World. HarperCollins, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 12MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 12MB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<p>A hypnotically fast-paced, masterful reporting of Harry Truman's first 120 days as president, when he took on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power—marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American history.</p> <p>Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man. That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR's sudden death.</p> <p>The first four months of Truman's administration saw the founding of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the mass starvation in Europe, the Potsdam Conference, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of imperial Japan, and finally, the end of World War II and the rise of the Cold War. No other president had ever faced so much in such a short period of time.</p> <p>The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during a tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher.</p> <p>"[A] well-judged and hugely readable book . . . few are as entertaining." —Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times</p>. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. History. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-05 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5ca47454-897c-4957-be89-5875fe865672&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5ca47454-897c-4957-be89-5875fe865672&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=5ca47454-897c-4957-be89-5875fe865672&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)