Join Books.org — it's free

U.S. Politics & Government - 1945 - 1989, Reference - Politics & Government, U.S. Politics & Government - 1945 to Present, Presidents of the United States - Biography, Presidents of the United States - General & Miscellaneous, U.S. Politics & Government -
The Harry S. Truman encyclopedia by Richard S. Kirkendall β€” book cover

The Harry S. Truman encyclopedia

by Richard S. Kirkendall
Write a review
Log in to track your reading progress.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet. Log in to write one.

Editorials

Library Journal

The second in G.K. Hall's series of presidential encyclopedias, and successor to Franklin D. Roosevelt, His Life and Times: An Encyclopedic View ( LJ 5/1/85), this contain some 320 alphabetical articles. One third of them are topical (``Containment,'' ``Public Opinion Polling''); one third biographical (``Douglas MacArthur,'' ``Alben W. Barkley''); and the remainder are split between geographical topics (``Latin America,'' ``Turkey'') and biographical articles focusing on Truman himself (``Reading,'' ``Ancestry''). Articles vary in length from several paragraphs to several pages, all with a brief bibliography. The entries are expertly written by scholars who give differing historiographical interpretations each their due. A useful item in both public and academic libraries.-- Robert F. Nardini, N. Chichester, N.H.

Book Details

Published
December 1, 1989
Publisher
Boston : G.K. Hall, c1989.
Pages
368
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780816189151

More by Richard S. Kirkendall

Similar books