Presidents from Hoover Through Truman, 1929-1953: Debating the Issues in Pro and Con Primary Documents

by John E. Moser

Book Overview

Should Hoover have taken more aggressive action to combat the Great Depression? Did Roosevelt's New Deal go too far? Should Truman have ordered the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima? These and other controversial issues stamped the presidencies of Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Harry Truman, and the crises they addressed marked a series of watersheds in American history. This rich resource of primary documents and commentary is a one-stop...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313314411
• ISBN13: 9780313314414
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"