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Listen to this audiobook free with a 30-day trial. Go to http://audiobookspace.com/free Title: Harry S. Truman Author: James N. Giglio Narrator: Sean Runnette Format: Unabridged Length: 29 mins Language: English Release date: 10-19-16 Publisher: Audible Studios Genres: History, American Publisher's Summary: Harry S. Truman, a farmer and soldier from Missouri and a latecomer to politics, was thrust unexpectedly into the presidency when President Roosevelt died in office with World War II raging in Europe. Truman was a plain-speaking, decisive, and sometimes impulsive leader who dropped the atomic bomb to end the war; waged war against North Korea to stop the spread of communism; and tried to seize Americas steel mills to support troops abroad. This last action led the Supreme Court to issue a stinging rebuke of the president in the landmark Steel Seizure Case. Although Truman left office after the 1952 elections a frustrated and unpopular president, many scholars today give him high marks for his strong lea