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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 H...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Donaldson, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, ©1999.
Temas:
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972.
Dewey, Thomas E. > (Thomas Edmund), > 1902-1971.
Dewey, Thomas E. > (Thomas Edmund), > 1902-1971
Truman, Harry S., > 1884-1972
1948
Presidents > United States > Election > 1948.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > Elections.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Process > General.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
Presidents > Election
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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, African Americans in large northern cities, and traditional liberals--and ignoring protests from the conserv.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (281 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813149233
0813149231

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