"Book synopsis
A hypnotically fast-paced, masterful reporting of Harry Truman8217s first 120 days as president, when he took on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and a secret weapon of unimaginable power8212marking the most dramatic rise to greatness in American historyChosen 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 deathThe 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 timeThe 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 higher8220[A] well-judged and hugely readable book few are as entertaining8221 8212Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday Times
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