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Hardcover Plain Speaking Book

ISBN: 0399112618

ISBN13: 9780399112614

Plain Speaking

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"Never has a President of the United States, or any head of state for that matter, been so totally revealed, so completely documented" (Robert A. Arthur).Plain Speaking is the bestselling book based on conversations between Merle Miller and the thirty-third President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. From these interviews, as well as others who knew him over the years, Miller transcribes Truman's feisty takes on everything from his personal life,...

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Rated 5 stars
I'm Usually Not a Harry Truman Fan, But...

I'm not a Harry Truman fan but PLAIN SPEAKING:AN ORAL BIOGRAPHY OF HARRY TRUMAN is sensational!!! President Harry Truman was a bit of a hothead--it wasn't necessary for him to drop atomic bombs on Japan--and Truman never got over the public's love of Dwight Eisenhower, but even so this "oral biography" of Harry Truman is sensational! I first read PLAIN SPEAKING while in college taking an English class over years ago, and...

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A Historical Masterpeice

This was a very good book. This book outlines how a man of very humble beginnings became the President of the United States. One of the more interesting parts was Truman's rise from a machine politician to a national figure. Also,I found amazing some of the historical roads that Truman had a role in traveling. His shaping of the world after World Wat II through the Marshall Plan was very readable. His role with Israel was...

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A One of a Kind Biography of a President!

Harry Truman late in life telling it like it was. Here is Harry Truman speaking his mind and speaking the truth about politics and history. Through a series of interviews conducting by Miller, we see the true and great Harry S. Truman, the last regular person to be President. I especially enjoyed Truman's views on the Chinese Nationalists (Chiang Kai-shek) and on MacArthur and Eisenhower. A Great book. If Harry Truman...

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A Great Read!

I admit that prior to this reading this informative and entertaining book, I was fairly ignorant about much of Truman's presidency and the events of his day. Truman's viewpoint is a unique and refreshing way to view him as a man and as the great president he was. Merle Miller, unlike so many other biographers, does not interject too much of himself. This is the unvarnished and best version of Truman who is, perhaps,...

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Plain Speaking

I found this book to be not only a wealth of information on Harry Truman the man, but also about twentieth century America. I think I enjoyed the book first of all because Truman reminds me so much of my grandfather. There were some things that I did not like however such as the fact that Merle Miller acts as more of a "yes man" than actually forming his own opinions. What I mean is he doesn't openly question any of Truman's...

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