"Book synopsis
8220[A] well-judged and hugely readable book few are as entertaining82218212Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times 8220A J Baime is a master His reporting and storytelling are woven to hypnotic effect This is history and humanity in lush, vivid color82218212Doug Stanton, author of The Odyssey of Echo Company   Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who get pushed into extraordinary circumstances, and through courage and a dash of luck, cement their place in history Chosen as FDR8217s fourth-term vice president for his well-praised work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Harry S Truman was the prototypical ordinary man That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR8217s sudden death The first four months of Truman8217s administration saw the founding of the United Nations, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings in Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of concentration camps, the mass starvation in Europe, the Potsdam Conference, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of imperial Japan, and finally, the end of World War II and the rise of the Cold War No other president had ever faced so much in such a short period of time The Accidental President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during a tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher
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