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'''Harry S. Truman''' (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972), a [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] from [[Missouri]], was the president of the United States from 1945–1953, taking over when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] died in April 1945.  He made the decision to drop atomic bombs on [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]] in order to force [[Japan]]'s surrender. Angered at the Soviet Union's seizure of [[Eastern Europe]], he moved away from FDR's [[détente]] to a policy of [[containment]], reinforced by the [[Truman Doctrine]] (1947) to resist Communist subversion, the [[Marshall Plan]] (1948–51) to rebuild and modernize western Europe's economies, and the [[NATO]] military alliance of 1949.  Truman, advised by [[Dean Acheson]] and the State Department, set the policies to oppose the Soviet Union as the [[Cold War]] began.  Truman was the last president who was a college dropout.

'''Harry S. Truman''' (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972), a [[liberal]] [[Democrat]] from [[Missouri]], was the president of the United States from 1945 to 1953, taking over when [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] died in April 1945.  He made the decision to drop atomic bombs on [[Hiroshima]] and [[Nagasaki]] in order to force [[Japan]]'s surrender. Angered at the Soviet Union's seizure of [[Eastern Europe]], he moved away from FDR's [[détente]] to a policy of [[containment]], reinforced by the [[Truman Doctrine]] (1947) to resist Communist subversion, the [[Marshall Plan]] (1948–51) to rebuild and modernize western Europe's economies, and the [[NATO]] military alliance of 1949.  Truman, advised by [[Dean Acheson]] and the State Department, set the policies to oppose the Soviet Union as the [[Cold War]] began.  Truman was the last president who was a college dropout.

Ignoring Asia, he later saw America's close ally China fall to the anti-American Communists under [[Mao Zedong]] in 1949; the US and China fought each other to a draw during the undeclared [[Korean War]], 1950–53. Truman fired his top general, [[Douglas MacArthur]], during this conflict and saw his popularity plunge.  

Ignoring Asia, he later saw America's close ally China fall to the anti-American Communists under [[Mao Zedong]] in 1949; the US and China fought each other to a draw during the undeclared [[Korean War]], 1950–53. Truman fired his top general, [[Douglas MacArthur]], during this conflict and saw his popularity plunge.  

* Bernstein Barton J. "The Truman Administration and the Steel Strike of 1946," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 52, No. 4 (Mar., 1966), pp. 791–803 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1894347 in JSTOR]

* Bernstein Barton J. "The Truman Administration and the Steel Strike of 1946," ''Journal of American History,'' Vol. 52, No. 4 (Mar., 1966), pp. 791–803 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/1894347 in JSTOR]

* Billington, Monroe. "Civil Rights, President Truman and the South," ''Journal of Negro History,'' Vol. 58, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 127–139 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2716825 in JSTOR]

* Billington, Monroe. "Civil Rights, President Truman and the South," ''Journal of Negro History,'' Vol. 58, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 127–139 [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2716825 in JSTOR]

* Dean, Virgil W. "Charles F. Brannan and the Rise and Fall of Truman's 'Fair Deal' for Farmers." ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(1): 28–53. Issn: 0002-1482

* Dean, Virgil W. "Charles F. Brannan and the Rise and Fall of Truman's 'Fair Deal' for Farmers." ''Agricultural History'' 1995 69(1): 28–53. Issn: 0002–1482

* Dean, Virgil W.  ''An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate.'' 2006. 275 pp.  [https://www.amazon.com/Opportunity-Lost-Truman-Administration-Policy/dp/0826216501/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193434622&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]

* Dean, Virgil W.  ''An Opportunity Lost: The Truman Administration and the Farm Policy Debate.'' 2006. 275 pp.  [https://www.amazon.com/Opportunity-Lost-Truman-Administration-Policy/dp/0826216501/ref=sr_1_10/103-4827826-5463040?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1193434622&sr=1-10 excerpt and text search]

* Derickson, Alan. "'Take Health from the List of Luxuries': Labor and the Right to Health Care, 1915-1949." ''Labor History'' 2000 41(2): 171–187. Issn: 0023-656x Fulltext: in Taylor and Francis, Swetswise, Ingenta, and [[Ebsco]]

* Derickson, Alan. "'Take Health from the List of Luxuries': Labor and the Right to Health Care, 1915-1949." ''Labor History'' 2000 41(2): 171–187. Issn: 0023-656x Fulltext: in Taylor and Francis, Swetswise, Ingenta, and [[Ebsco]]

* Theoharis,  Athan. ''Seeds of Repression: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of McCarthyism'' (1977), New Left attack on HST  for being so hostile to domestic Communists

* Theoharis,  Athan. ''Seeds of Repression: Harry S. Truman and the Origins of McCarthyism'' (1977), New Left attack on HST  for being so hostile to domestic Communists

* Thompson, Francis H.  ''The Frustration of Politics: Truman, Congress, and the Loyalty Issue, 1945-1953.'' 1979. 246 pp.   

* Thompson, Francis H.  ''The Frustration of Politics: Truman, Congress, and the Loyalty Issue, 1945-1953.'' 1979. 246 pp.   

* Vaughan, Philip H. "The Truman Administration's Fair Deal for Black America." ''Missouri Historical Review'' 1976 70(3): 291–305. Issn: 0026-6582

* Vaughan, Philip H. "The Truman Administration's Fair Deal for Black America." ''Missouri Historical Review'' 1976 70(3): 291–305. Issn: 0026–6582

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