The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman by Harry Truman

Three months after becoming vice president in. In 1944, party leaders persuaded FDR to name Truman as his running mate, replacing the controversial Henry Wallace. He began his political career in 1922 as a county judge in Missouri and was elected to the U.S. As vice president, he succeeded Franklin D.

A week after the Germans had invaded the Soviet Union in 1941, he said: “If we see that Germany is winning we ought to help Russia, and if Russia is winning we ought to help Germany, and that way let them kill as many as possible although I don’t want to see Hitler victorious under any circumstances.” Truman was the thirty-third President of the United States (19451953). Truman.”īefore the United States entered World War II, Truman opposed both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. According to the Senate’s historical minutes, in leading the committee, “Truman erased his earlier public image as an errand-runner for Kansas City politicos” and “no senator ever gained greater political benefits from chairing a special investigating committee than did Missouri’s Harry S. Moreover, its activities turned Truman into a national figure. Truman and Dean Acheson, 1953-1971, and the editor of Foreign Aid and the Legacy of.

achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks in American history. The committee reportedly saved as much as $15 billion - the equivalent to $519 billion when accounting for inflation. He is the co-editor, with David Acheson, of Affection and Trust: The Personal Correspondence of Harry S. Truman Thirty-Third President, 1945-1953Campaign:After succeeding.

The Autobiography of Harry S. Truman by Harry Truman