01809cam a2200337 4500 503721296 TxAuBib 20210614120000.0 171224t20182017||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781328505682 pbk. 1328505685 pbk. (OCoLC)1016633234 TxAuBib Baime, A. J., (Albert J.) The Accidental President : Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World / A.J. Baime. First Mariner Books edition. Boston : Mariner Books, 2018. ℗2017. xvi, 431 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-422) and index. Introduction -- April 12, 1945 -- The political education of Harry S. Truman -- April-May 1945 -- June-July 1945 -- Little Boy, Fat Man, and Potsdam -- Epilogue. In Truman's first four months in office, this unlikely president had to take on Germany, Japan, Stalin, and the atomic bomb, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance. Chosen as FDR's fourth term Vice President for his work ethic, good judgment, and lack of enemies, Truman was thrust in over his head after FDR's sudden death. Baime escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during this tumultuous, history-making 120 days, when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher. 20210614. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Presidents United States Biography. World War, 1939-1945. United States Politics and government 1945-1953. Biographies. Biographies. Biography.