The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months that Changed the World
- ISBN-10
- 0544617347
- ISBN-13
- 9780544617346
- Series
- The Accidental President
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 448
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2017
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Author
- Albert J. Baime
Description
A look at the president's tumultuous first four months in office examines the events he presided over, including the founding of the United Nations, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, and the decision to drop the bomb.
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- 2018-02-08
- 448 pages
- Paperback
- Doubleday UK
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- 2017-10-24
- 464 pages
- Ebook
- HarperCollins
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