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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Harry S. Truman, the man from Independence. New York : Greenwood Press, c1986 (OCoLC)557569578 |
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| Named Person: | Harry S Truman; Harry S Truman |
| Material Type: | Conference publication |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
William F Levantrosser; Hofstra University. |
| ISBN: | 0313251789 9780313251788 |
| OCLC Number: | 12582204 |
| Notes: | Papers presented at the Hofstra University International Conference on Harry S. Truman, held Apr. 14-16, 1983. |
| Description: | x, 427 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface : The state of the art in Truman research / Charles J.Tull -- Part I. Israel and China -- Truman and the recognition of Israel / George DeVries, Jr. -- Truman and the recognition of Israel reconsidered / Herbert Druks -- Anglo-American relations and the recognition of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1950 / George J. Gill -- Truman and Taiwan : The beginning of a two-China policy / June Grasso -- The China policy of the Truman administration and the debate over recognition of the People's Republic of China, 1949 / William P. Head -- Part II. The Cold War legacy -- The development of economic warfare against the Soviet Union in the Truman administration / David W. Folts -- Truman, Tito, and the politics of hunger / Robert M. Hathaway -- Harry S. Truman and the displaced persons (1945-1949) / Leonard Dinnerstein -- New evidence of the evolution of a postwar air-atomic strategy, 1946-1949 / Darrell B. Montgomery -- Part III. The domestic scene during the Truman administration -- Public preception of Truman / Sheldon Appleton -- Harry S. Truman, leadership, and public opinion / Manfred L. Landecker -- The bully pulpit under Truman / W.R. Underhill -- Part IV. Women in the Truman era -- Bess Truman and the press : A case study of a First Lady as political communicator / Maurine Beasley -- Stalemate : Federal legislation for women in the Truman era / Cynthia E. Harrison -- Part V. Economic policy under President Truman -- Harry S. Truman : The man and the President / Leon H. Keyserling -- Truman's Council of Economic Advisers and the legacy of New Deal liberalism / Donald K. Pickens -- Harry S. Truman and price controls : Two episodes of inflation control, 1945-1952 / Geofrey T. Mills -- Economic stablization and strikes in the reconversion period : A president's ordeal / Arthur M. Schafer -- Part VI. Truman and the courts -- The birthing of a progressive reformer : Harry S. Truman as presiding judge / Thomas Heed -- Truman's seizure of the steel mills as an exercise of active-positive combat / Frank Schwartz -- Truman's "biggest mistake" : Tom Clark's appointment to the Supreme Court / Dennis D. Dorin -- Part VII. The personal side of Harry Truman -- Reminiscences / Margaret Truman Daniel -- "Rose, file it" : What Harry Truman's unmailed letters tell us about the thirty-third president / Monte M. Poen -- The unique and inspiring leadership of President Truman / Clark M. Clifford. |
| Series Title: | Contributions in political science, no. 145. |
| Responsibility: | edited by William F. Levantrosser ; prepared under the auspices of Hofstra University. |
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