1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that

1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America
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Indelibly, we recall the iconic newsphoto: jubilant underdog Harry Truman brandishing his copy of Â theÂ Chicago TribuneÂ proclaiming "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN." But far, far more exists toÂ 1948's election that a single inglorious headline and a stunning upset victory. Award-winning authorÂ David Pietrusza goes beyond the headlines to reveal backstage events and to place in context aÂ down-to-the-wire donnybrook fought against the background of an erupting Cold War, the BerlinÂ Airlift, and the birth of Israel, a post-war America facing exploding storms over civil rights, andÂ domestic communism.

It's a war for the soul of the Democratic Party with accidental president Harry Truman pittedÂ against his embittered left-wing predecessor as vice president, Henry Wallace, and stormy youngÂ South Carolina segregationist Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond. On the GOP side, it's a four-way battleÂ between cold-as-ice New Yorker Tom Dewey, Minnesota upstart Harold Stassen, the stodgy butÂ brilliant Ohio conservative Robert Taft, and the imperious but aged Douglas MacArthur.But Americans really want "none of the above." They do, however, "like IKE," but DwightÂ Eisenhower stubbornly resists draft movements in both parties to run--at least, that year.

It's an election year featuring a uniquely stellar supporting cast. Alger Hiss, Whitaker ChambersÂ and Richard Nixon. Civil rights crusader Hubert Humphrey. GOP VP choice Earl Warren. HenryÂ Wallace activists Paul Robeson, Lillian Hellman, and Pete Seeger. A passel of FDR kin--includingÂ Eleanor--disgusted with HST. Wisconsin's Joe McCarthy, Clark Clifford, William O. Douglas,Â George C. Marshall, John Foster Dulles, Adlai Stevenson, Drew Pearson, "Landslide Lyndon"Â Johnson, H. L. Mencken, Harold Ickes, Clare and Henry Luce, the "Do-Nothing" 80th Congress,Â Curtis LeMay, Ronald Reagan, and, last, but not least, NBC's forever embarrassed H. V.Â Kaltenborn.

David Pietrusza achieves for 1948's presidential race what he previously did inÂ 1960: LBJ vs JFKÂ vs Nixon--of whichÂ Library JournalÂ (starred review) said "raises the bar with his winning andÂ provocative chronicle. . . . Highly recommended." Pietrusza again brings history to life, spellbindingÂ readers with tales of the highest drama while simultaneously presenting the issues, personalities, andÂ controversies of this pivotal era with laser-like clarity.

With 2012's crucial presidential election approaching, 1948 transforms the way readers seeÂ modern American history.
Just a taste of what's inside David Pietrusza's rivetingÂ 1948: Harry Truman's ImprobableÂ Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World--
- VitriolicÂ Westbrook Pegler's exposÃ© of Henry Wallace's secret "Guru" letters.
- Why the NAACP firedÂ 80-old civil rights pioneer W. E. B. DuBois.
- Why a disgusted Nina Warren voted for HST--and against Tom Dewey and her ownÂ husbandÂ Earl.
- How A. Philip Randolph's threatened "March on Washington" integrated the army.
- J. Strom Thurmond: Segregationist white knight--with an illegitimate black daughter.
- The ground-breaking Oregon radio debate that settled a presidential nomination.
- How "Bull" Connor arrested Henry Wallace's running mate--and nearly arrested WallaceÂ himself.
- The Case of the Missing President: HST's election night vanishing act.
Country USA
Brand Brand: Union Square Press
Manufacturer Union Square Press
Binding Hardcover
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781402767487
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Brand: Union Square Press
Manufacturer	Union Square Press
Binding	Hardcover
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781402767487
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America

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