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Harry S. Truman: The Accidental President

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Interesting British obituary from 1972, lots of good details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5QfvDzm52nt86JBynD0dbZC/president-truman-30-december-1972
Excellent in-depth overview from the Miller Center (multiple chapters): https://millercenter.org/president/truman/life-before-the-presidency
Interesting NYT review of a book on Truman: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/21/books/work-hard-trust-in-god-have-no-fear.html
Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Harry-S-Truman
Official White House synopsis: https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/harry-s-truman/
Truman Library: https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/museum/presidential-years/introductory-film
Meuse-Argonne offensive: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/meuse-argonne-offensive-opens
1920 depression: https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-depression-that-was-fixed-by-doing-nothing-1420212315
Tom Pendergast and the Pendergast Machine: https://pendergastkc.org/article/decline-and-fall-pendergast-machine
Truman and the Iron Curtain speech: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/churchill-delivers-iron-curtain-speech
Marshall Plan: https://www.britannica.com/event/Marshall-Plan
1948 election: https://www.history.com/news/dewey-defeats-truman-election-headline-gaffe
Berlin airlift: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/berlin-airlift-begins
Presidents ranked: https://www.c-span.org/presidentsurvey2017/?page=overall
Truman on race: https://apnews.com/ab0d537a112c3554373a97dff54c0e60

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