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Jul 30, 2012 · Rhetoric and Style of Truman's Leadership. Steven Casey. Book Editor (s): Daniel S. Margolies Ph.D. First published: 30 July 2012. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118300718.ch2. PDF. Tools. Share. Summary. This chapter contains sections titled: The Contemporary View. The Revival of Plain-Speaking, Give'em Hell Harry. Profiles in Courage.
“Dad once defined leadership as the art of persuading people to do what they should have done in the first place. If they bullheadedly refuse to take this advice, there is not much the leader can do, in a free society.” ― Margaret Truman, Harry S. Truman
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Margaret Truman in the White House By Natalie Alms. On June 11, 1945, nearly two months into his presidency, Harry Truman wrote to his daughter Margaret: “you evidently are just finding out what a terrible situation the President’s daughter is facing … so you must face it. Keep your balance and go along just as your dad is trying to go.”
- Truman by David McCullough. The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters – Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess Wallace Truman, George Marshall, Joe McCarthy, and Dean Acheson – and dramatic events.
- Harry S. Truman: A Life by Robert H. Ferrell. Robert H. Ferrell, widely regarded as an authority on the thirty-third president, challenges the popular characterization of Truman as a man who rarely sought the offices he received, revealing instead a man who – with modesty, commitment to service, and basic honesty – moved with method and system toward the presidency.
- Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek. In April 1945, after the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the presidency fell to a former haberdasher and clubhouse politician from Independence, Missouri.
- Man of the People by Alonzo Hamby. Insecure, ambitious, a man of honor, a partisan loyalist, an agrarian Jeffersonian Democrat who became a champion of big government, Truman was a complex figure who fought long and hard to triumph over his own weaknesses.
Jan 29, 2008 · Enjoy the best Margaret Truman Quotes at BrainyQuote. Quotations by Margaret Truman, American Novelist, Born February 17, 1924. Share with your friends.
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Margaret Truman Quotes. Mother considered a press conference on a par with a visit to a cage of cobras. – Margaret Truman. It’s only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home – it’s only then that you can measure his greatness and fully appreciate it. Pride reinforces love. – Margaret Truman.
