Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt's Shadow and Remade the World

by David L. Roll

From Franklin Roosevelt's final days through Harry Truman's extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history.

When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as his vice president, a man he barely knew. Upon FDR's death in April 1945, Truman, after only...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593186443
• ISBN13: 9780593186442
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Dutton
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.2" x 9.4"