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# The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World

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Buy The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World Reprint by Baime, A. J. (ISBN: 9781328505682) from desertcart's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Review: a good gift - Bought as a gift for later in the year. Should be well appreciated
Review: Excellent book and history of the last months WWII - This isn't a biography from cradle to the grave, which,lets be honest -spend too many pages on tedious stuff, this mainly covers a few months when Truman went from not even a household name in his family to the most powerful man on the planet taking momentous decisions almost daily. In his first four months of his presidency he had seen Germany defeated, spent days horse trading with Churchill and Stalin (one of them would have been too much for most politicians) on what Europe would look like post-war and give permission to drop two nuclear bombs that forced Japan to surrender. Throw in the first seeds about the state of Israel being created and Truman's decisions still have huge consequences today. Throw in the fact he never wanted to be President and his wife hated the idea all the while he was in office nakes the title completely accurate of someone who was thrust into office and power and judging by this book did a pretty good job under circumstances probably no world leader had seen before or since.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | 1,227,101 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 78 in United States Political Biographies 1,162 in Historical Biographies by Country 11,942 in Biographies about Medical, Legal & Social Sciences |
| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 10,579 Reviews |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ a good gift
*by A***K on 22 January 2025*

Bought as a gift for later in the year. Should be well appreciated

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent book and history of the last months WWII
*by J***C on 27 April 2020*

This isn't a biography from cradle to the grave, which,lets be honest -spend too many pages on tedious stuff, this mainly covers a few months when Truman went from not even a household name in his family to the most powerful man on the planet taking momentous decisions almost daily. In his first four months of his presidency he had seen Germany defeated, spent days horse trading with Churchill and Stalin (one of them would have been too much for most politicians) on what Europe would look like post-war and give permission to drop two nuclear bombs that forced Japan to surrender. Throw in the first seeds about the state of Israel being created and Truman's decisions still have huge consequences today. Throw in the fact he never wanted to be President and his wife hated the idea all the while he was in office nakes the title completely accurate of someone who was thrust into office and power and judging by this book did a pretty good job under circumstances probably no world leader had seen before or since.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An enjoyable portrait
*by T***B on 25 February 2018*

I knew nothing of Truman before reading this, and Baime does a good job of painting a compelling portrait of the man, who he obviously admires and likes. It is difficult not to share that view after reading this book (which ends at America at the zenith of its power and Truman at the zenith of his popularity: no Korea or McCarthy here). There are some irritating factual errors - even I knew that Gromyko was not the Soviet Foreign Minister in 1945, nor was Anthony Eden yet Lord Avon - and it might have been interesting to explore how history has treated the decision to drop the bomb: Baime rather suggests that it was dropped largely because no one seemed to have much of an idea what else to do with it. Those niggles aside, a recommended read.

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