1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America

by David Pietrusza and David Pietrusza

Book Overview

The behind-the-headline true story of Harry Truman's stunning upset Everyone knows the iconic news photo of jubilant underdog Harry Truman brandishing a copy of the Chicago Tribune proclaiming "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." David Pietrusza goes backstage to explain how it happened, placing the brutal political battle in the context of an erupting Cold War and America's exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism. Pietrusza achieves for 1948's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 140276748X
• ISBN13: 9781402767487
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Union Square Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.7" x 9.3"