Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions

by Harry Truman

Book Overview

In this invaluable account, President Truman provides extraordinary insight into events and decisions that have shaped the world we live in. The momentous year, 1945, witnessed the accession of a new... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156852062X
• ISBN13: 9781568520629
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: William S. Konecky Associates
• Length: 594 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Memoirs of Harry Truman

I liked the book. Especially the part of the atomic bomb. Edward R. Swift 3707 Palmetto Creek Kingwood, Texas 77339

The One To Have

Not as detailed as McCullough - obviously, it doesn't cover Truman's later years and death - but if I had to have only one Truman work on my shelf it would be this two-volume set. Harry writes as plainly as he speaks; but none of his saltier language appears between these covers.

Amazing

This memoir, written by Truman because he was badly in need of money, is nothing short of a masterpiece. Truman starts with the days leading up to FDR's death, and makes a special note of how the president looked very ill. Truman spend two volumes going over his critical eight years in office, a time which included Korea, Communism, the fall of China, the beginnings of Joseph McCarthy, as well as Truman's amazing 1948 victory over New York governor Thomas Dewey. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in the presidency. It is well written, and informative.