Conflict and Crisis: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1945–48

Robert J. Donovan

This biography of Harry S. Truman takes us from his taking over from F.D.R. to the postwar upheaval, from the Cold War to 1948.

Award History

0 wins · 1 total

Award	Year	Result	Category / Notes
National Book Award for Biography and AutobiographyMajor	1978	Finalist	Secondary source

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01 Central figures
- Harry S. Truman95%
02 Central places
None extracted with sufficient confidence.
03 Suggested argument
The book presents Truman’s presidency as a sequence of crises—from taking over after F.D.R. through postwar upheaval and the Cold War—culminating in 1948.
Model confidence 62%
04 Reading orientation
30 / 100 academic
Serious trade
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