The legacy of Harry Truman 10 Articles

by Jerry Curtis

The legacy of Harry Truman - the feisty Missourian, failed dirt farmer and haberdasher, and product of the Kansas City political machine - was that he stood at the center of, and without hesitation made, some of the most i...read more

by Maurice Sassoon

Harry Truman was the thirty-third President of the United States, from April 12, 1945, until January 4, 1953. He was Vice President during Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth term as President, and became President when Rooseve...read more

by EMoore

Harry Truman, a poor farm boy in Missouri making it all the way to the White House is the stuff of legends, indeed. There was something about the way he spoke his mind, the way he didn't hedge on making decisions that had ...read more

by James Harvey

On April 12,1945 Harry S.Truman received an urgent call from FDR's widow,Eleanor Roosevelt.He rushed to the White House to find out what was the trouble. He was told in part"you are the one in trouble now." Franklin Dela...read more

by Darian Peters

Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States, was born in to a farming family in Lamar, Missouri, on 8th May, 1884. He served from 1945-1953, initially replacing the deceased F.D. Roosevelt. It fell on ...read more

by Tom Koecke

Harry S Truman was the President Samuel Clemens may have been if Sam did not despise politicians as much as Harry Truman did. His motto was "the buck stops here," and it did indeed. He spoke his mind abruptly, much as I im...read more

by Marcus Brooks

The underdog president from Missouri looked like a physics professor than a politician. Harry S. Truman might've been the only president to wear perscription glasses throughout his two terms. President Harry S. Truma...read more

by Svetlana Elizabeth

Harry Truman was president at one of the most crucial times in recent history. His decisions would inevitably have a massive impact on the world. Although he was extremely unpopular when he left office, after his death m...read more

by Lewis English Foxcroft

During the policy forming years of the cold war it was left down to two men so separated by their past but united in their common goal, the threat of Soviet Russia and the protection of American interests abroad. Harry S. ...read more

by Melinda Mcmillan

Harry Truman succeeded to presidency, 1945. To end the conflict with Japan, he authorized the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Harry introduced a program that would later be labeled the "f...read more