
Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:DuttonISBN-13:9780593186442ISBN-10:593186443UPC:9780593186442Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 2.00 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SC75BDYKJB
Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World
From Franklin Roosevelt's final days through Harry Truman's extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as his vice president, a man he barely knew. Upon FDR's...
Language:EnglishPublisher:DuttonISBN-13:9780593186442ISBN-10:593186443UPC:9780593186442Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Presidents & Heads of State, Political, United StatesBook Topic:20th CenturySize:9.40 x 6.20 x 2.00 inchesWeight:1.7527Product ID:SC75BDYKJB
David L. Roll is the author of George Marshall and The Hopkins Touch, and the coauthor of Louis Johnson and the Arming of America (with Keith McFarland), a biography of Harry Truman's defense secretary. After serving as an Assistant Director in the Bureau of Competition at the FTC, Roll practiced law as a partner at Steptoe & Johnson LLP and founded Lex Mundi Pro Bono Foundation, a public...
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