The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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book history book

"The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World" is a historical nonfiction book that chronicles Harry S. Truman’s sudden ascent to the U.S. presidency in 1945 and his leadership through the pivotal final phase of World War II and the dawn of the atomic age.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
history book ⓘ
author A. J. Baime NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsInstitution United States government NERFINISHED ⓘ
depictsOffice President of the United States ⓘ
focusesOnEvent Harry S. Truman’s succession to the U.S. presidency ⓘ
death of Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
end of World War II in Europe ⓘ
end of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
use of atomic bombs on Japan ⓘ
genre biography ⓘ
political history ⓘ
historicalFigureCovered Franklin D. Roosevelt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Winston Churchill NERFINISHED ⓘ
members of Truman’s cabinet ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediaType audiobook ⓘ
ebook ⓘ
print ⓘ
narrativeStyle narrative nonfiction ⓘ
notableFor detailed account of Truman’s first months as president ⓘ
portrayal of the decision to use atomic weapons ⓘ
originalTitle The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationYear 2017 ⓘ
publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting Washington, D.C. ⓘ
White House NERFINISHED ⓘ
subject American political history ⓘ
Harry S. Truman NERFINISHED ⓘ
U.S. presidency ⓘ
World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
atomic age ⓘ
targetAudience readers interested in U.S. presidents ⓘ
readers of American history ⓘ
theme leadership in crisis ⓘ
origins of the Cold War ⓘ
presidential decision-making ⓘ
transition of power ⓘ
timePeriodCovered 1945 ⓘ
final phase of World War II ⓘ

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