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The remarkable, pulse-pounding account of Harry Truman's first four calendar months in office, when this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world suspending in the balance. Heroes are often defined as normal heroes who get thrust into remarkable circumstances and, through courage and a dash of success, cement their places in history. Chosen as FDR's fourth-term vice leader for his well-praised work ethic, good view, and insufficient opponents, Harry S. Truman - a Midwesterner who acquired no college level and had never had the money to buy his own home - was the prototypical normal man. That is, until he was shockingly thrust in over his head after FDR's immediate death. During the climactic calendar months of the Second World Warfare, Truman were required to play judge and jury, tugging America to the forefront of the global stage. The first four calendar months of Truman's administration noticed the founding of the US, the fall of Berlin, victory at Okinawa, firebombings of Tokyo, the first atomic explosion, the Nazi surrender, the liberation of attention camps, the mass starvation of European countries, the Potsdam Meeting, the controversial decision to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the surrender of Imperial Japan, and, finally, the end of World Warfare II and the go up of the Freezing Warfare. No other leader had ever encountered so much in such a short period of your time. Tightly concentrated, meticulously explored, rendered with vibrant fine detail and narrative verve, The Accidental President escorts listeners in to the situation room with Truman in this tumultuous, history-making 120 days and nights, when the stakes were high and the challenge even higher. The result is narrative background of the best order and a powerful look at a presidency with great relevance to our times.
