The 1948 election was a war for the soul of the Democratic Party, with accidental president Harry Truman pitted against Henry Wallace, his embittered left-wing predecessor as vice president, and young South Carolina segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. On the GOP side, it's …
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The behind-the-headline true story of Harry Truman's stunning upset! Everyone knows the iconic news photo of jubilant underdog Harry Truman brandishing a copy of the Chicago Tribune proclaiming "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." David Pietrusza goes backstage to explain how it happened, pl…
The 1948 election was a war for the soul of the Democratic Party, with accidental president Harry Truman pitted against Henry Wallace, his embittered left-wing predecessor as vice president, and young South Carolina segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. On the GOP side, it's …
The 1948 election was a war for the soul of the Democratic Party, with accidental president Harry Truman pitted against Henry Wallace, his embittered left-wing predecessor as vice president, and young South Carolina segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. On the GOP side, it's …
"Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a battlefield-decorated African American soldier, climbed aboard a Greyhound bus on February 12, 1946, in Augusta, Georgia, on his last leg home after three years of military service. Things suddenly went awry when a brief heated exchange with the bus dr…
"A nonfiction book detailing the case of Isaac Woodard, its influence on Judge J. Waties Waring, and how Waring went on to lay the groundwork for landmark civil rights rulings"-- February 12, 1946. Sergeant Isaac Woodard, a decorated African American veteran, was removed from a…
"Janicke Stramer's book examines the use of religious rhetoric and faith as a tool to garner support for U.S. foreign policy. Stramer's history provides case studies of the Truman administration and the George W. Bush administration. In particular, Stramer examines Truman's use …
Introduction: religion, war, and unity -- Removing unnecessary and artificial divisions -- Uniting against a common foe -- Building a better world -- Filling the void -- Finding the space between church and state -- Being religious in America -- Conclusion: lasting legacies of a…
"An investigation of the use of religious propaganda by the Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower administrations and their allies during World War II and the early Cold War to unite Americans behind their preferred policies"--
"An investigation of the use of religious propaganda by the Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Dwight Eisenhower administrations and their allies during World War II and the early Cold War to unite Americans behind their preferred policies"--
"The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation a…
"The strength and prestige of the American presidency has waxed and waned since George Washington. Accidental Presidents looks at eight men who came to the office without being elected to it. It demonstrates how the character of the man in that powerful seat affects the nation a…