Truman Defeats Dewey

By Gary A. Donaldson

Book Overview

" Fifty years ago Harry S. Truman pulled off the greatest upset in U.S. political history. With his party split on both the left and the right, and facing a formidable Republican opponent in New York governor Thomas E. Dewey, the Missourian was thought to have little chance of remaining in the White House. But politics in the postwar years were changing dramatically. Truman and his advisers successfully read those changes: their strategy focused on building a coalition of organized labor, Africa

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813190029
• ISBN13: 9780813190020
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher