Bibliography of Harry S. Truman

This bibliography of Harry S. Truman is a selective list of scholarly works about Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third president of the United States (1945–1953). See also the bibliographies at Harry S. Truman, Presidency of Harry S. Truman, and Foreign policy of the Harry S. Truman administration.

Historiography

* Catsam, Derek. "The civil rights movement and the Presidency in the hot years of the Cold War: A historical and historiographical assessment." ''History Compass'' 6.1 (2008): 314-34
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* Griffith, Robert. "Truman and the Historians: The Reconstruction of Postwar American History." ''Wisconsin Magazine of History'' (1975) 59#1 pp: 20-47, covers both foreign and domestic policy
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* Kirkendall, Richard S. ''Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia'' (1990)
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* Kirkendall, Richard S. ed. ''Harry's Farewell: Interpreting and Teaching the Truman Presidency'' (2004) essays by scholars
* Levantrosser, William F. ed. ''Harry S. Truman: The Man from Independence'' (1986). 25 essays by scholars and Truman aides.
* McNay, John T. "The vibrant era from the depression to the cold war: the rich historiography of the Roosevelt and Truman years." ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 46.1 (2016): 208-212.

Biographical

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* Hamby, Alonzo L. ''Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman'' (1995)
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Foreign policy

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* Divine, Robert A. "The Cold War and the Election of 1948," ''The Journal of American History,'' Vol. 59, No. 1 (Jun. 1972), pp. 90–11
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* Gaddis, John Lewis. "Reconsiderations: Was the Truman Doctrine a Real Turning Point?" ''Foreign Affairs'' 1974 52(2): 386–402. ISSN 0015-7120
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* Hasegawa, Tsuyoshi. ''Racing the Enemy: Stalin, Truman, and the Surrender of Japan'' (2009)
* Heiss, Mary Ann, and Michael J. Hogan, eds. ''Origins of the National Security State and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman'' (Kirksville: Truman State University Press, 2015(. xvi, 240 pp.
* Ivie, Robert L. "Fire, Flood, and Red Fever: Motivating Metaphors of Global Emergency in the Truman Doctrine Speech." ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 1999 29(3): 570–591. ISSN 0360-4918
* Judis, John B.: ''Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli Conflict.'' Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2014.
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* Lacey, Michael J. ed. ''The Truman Presidency'' (1989)
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* Maddox, R. J. (1987)
Truman, Poland, and the Origins of the Cold War
''Presidential Studies Quarterly'', 17(1), 27–41.
* Matray, James. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," ''Journal of American History'' 66 (September 1979), 314–333
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* Matray, James I. ''Northeast Asia and the Legacy of Harry S. Truman: Japan, China, and the Two Koreas'' (2012)
* Merrill, Dennis. "The Truman Doctrine: Containing Communism and Modernity" ''Presidential Studies Quarterly'' 2006 36(1): 27–37. ISSN 0360-4918
* Offner, Arnold A. "'Another Such Victory': President Truman, American Foreign Policy, and the Cold War." ''Diplomatic History'' 1999 23(2): 127–155. ISSN 0145-2096
* Pelz, Stephen. "When the Kitchen Gets Hot, Pass the Buck: Truman and Korea in 1950," ''Reviews in American History'' 6 (December 1978), 548–555. Online at Project MUSE
* Pierpaoli Jr., Paul G. ''Truman and Korea: The Political Culture of the Early Cold War.'' (University of Missouri Press, 1999)
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* Smith, Geoffrey S. "'Harry, We Hardly Know You': Revisionism, Politics and Diplomacy, 1945–1954," ''American Political Science Review'' 70 (June 1976), 560–582. Online at JSTOR
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* Wainstock, Dennis D. ''Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean War'' (1999)
* Walker, J. Samuel. ''Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan'' (1997)

* Walker, J. Samuel. "Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground" ''Diplomatic History'' April 2005 – Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pp 311–334
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Politics and domestic issues

* Berman, William C. ''The politics of civil rights in the Truman administration'' (1970
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* Bolles, Blair (1952), ''How to Get Rich in Washington: Rich Man's Division of the Welfare State'', New York: Norton.
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* Brooks, Karl Boyd, ed. ''The Environmental Legacy of Harry S. Truman,'' (Kirksville: Truman State University Press, 2009. xxxvi, 145 pp. 
* Dean, Virgil W. "Why not the Brannan plan?." ''Agricultural History'' (1996): 268–282
in JSTOR
on agriculture
* Daynes, Byron W. and Glen Sussman, ''White House Politics and the Environment: Franklin D. Roosevelt to George W. Bush'' (2010) pp 36–45.

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* Gardner, Michael R. ''Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks.'' Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. xx + 276 pp. 
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* Hartmann, Susan M. ''Truman and the 80th Congress'' (1971)
* Heller, Francis H. ''Economics and the Truman Administration'' (1981)
* Koenig, Louis W. ''The Truman Administration: Its Principles and Practice'' (1956)
* Lacey, Michael J. ed. ''The Truman Presidency'' (1989)
* Lee, R. Alton; ''Truman and Taft-Hartley: A Question of Mandate.'' (University of Kentucky Press, 1966)
* Marcus, Maeva ''Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power'' (1994)
* Matusow, Allen J. ''Farm policies and politics in the Truman years'' (Harvard University Press, 1967).
* Parmet, Herbert S. ''The Democrats: The Years After FDR'' (Oxford University Press, 1976)
* Pietrusza, David (2011), ''1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America'', New York: Union Square Press.
* Richardson, Elmo. ''Dams, Parks and Politics: Resource Development and Preservation the Truman-Eisenhower Era'' (1973).

* Ryan, Halford R. ''Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric'' (1993)
* Savage, Sean J. ''Truman and the Democratic Party'' (1997).
* Schoenebaum, Eleanora W. ed. ''Political Profiles: The Truman Years'' (1978) 715pp; short biographies of 435 players in national politics 1945–1952.
* Sitkoff, Harvard. "Harry Truman and the election of 1948: The coming of age of civil rights in American politics." ''Journal of Southern History'' 37.4 (1971): 597-61
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* Theoharis, Athan. ''The Truman Presidency: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the National Security State'' (1979).

Primary sources

* Avner, Yehuda ''The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership'' (2010) (Chapter 9, '' A Walk with Harry Truman'')
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* Bernstein, Barton J., Ed. ''The Truman Administration: A Documentary History'' (1966); 2nd edition published as ''Politics and Policies of the Truman Administration'' (1970).
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* Merrill, Dennis. ed
''Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, (1995– )''
35 volumes; available in some large academic libraries.
* Miller, Merle ''Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman'' (1974) Putnam Publishing Group. . London: Gollancz Ltd. (1974) (Reprint (2005) by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. )
* Neal, Steve ed. ''Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops'' (2003)
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* Truman, Margaret. ''Harry S. Truman''. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter

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Audio and video sources

29 Audio/Video Clips of Harry Truman

Audio clips of Truman's speeches

Truman on US postage stamps

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Other bibliographies

Annotated bibliography for Harry S. Truman from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues
* Bibliography of World War II

References

External links

''Booknotes'' interview with Zachary Karabell on ''The Last Campaign: How Harry Truman Won the 1948 Election'', June 4, 2000.

''Booknotes'' interview with Steve Neal on ''Harry and Ike: The Partnership That Remade the Postwar World'', February 10, 2002.

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