Little Helpers: Harry Vaughan, His Cronies, and Corruption in the Truman Administration

by John Robert Greene

In Little Helpers, historian John Robert Greene provokes us to rethink the scandals of Harry Truman's presidency by providing the first political biography of the man who precipitated them, Gen. Harry H. Vaughan. As the former president's close friend and military aide, Vaughan brought a number of disreputable figures into the White House in addition to committing plenty of misconduct on his own. Truman himself was well aware of this, but remained...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826223168
• ISBN13: 9780826223166
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University of Missouri Press
• Length: 200 Pages