Best biography of harry truman

There are countless books on Harry Truman, and it comes with good reason, during his first few weeks as Vice President, Truman scarcely saw President Franklin Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia.

Suddenly, upon Roosevelt’s death, these and a host of other wartime problems became his to solve.

“America was not built on fear. America was built on courage, on imagination, and an unbeatable determination to do the job at hand,” he remarked.

In order to get to the bottom of what inspired one of America’s most consequential figures to the height of political power, we’ve compiled a list of the 15 best books on President Harry Truman.

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 Tru