Harry S Truman

The Economics of a Populist President

Business & Finance, Economics, Economic History
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Author: E Ray Canterbery ISBN: 9789814541855
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company Publication: February 24, 2014
Imprint: WSPC Language: English
Author: E Ray Canterbery
ISBN: 9789814541855
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
Publication: February 24, 2014
Imprint: WSPC
Language: English

Harry S Truman is best remembered as the President who witnessed the swift arrival of the Cold War in the tumultuous years after World War Two. Little however has been written to show that he was also the populist President who set the political economic course for the United States to win it merely 40 years later.

In this timely biography, E Ray Canterbery captures the spirit of the man, who first and foremost, was a politician who crafted political progams such as the Fair Deal program, full-employment program, New Deal program, reconversion, stabilization, and agriculture progams through the lens of progressiveness. He focuses on Truman's populist economics by charting Truman's early years, the makings of his populist character, his beginnings in Washington, Communism and the Truman Doctrine, the campaign of 1948, the Marshall Plan, the firing of General MacArthur, and the Korean War. While the economic aspects of his term were fundamentally that of war and peace, Canterbery analyses in great depth Truman's economic policies and instruments, such as the Employment Act of 1946 and the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) — results of Truman's presidency that other authors of books on Truman have largely ignored.

Harry S Truman: The Economics of a Populist President shows how Truman should be remembered: As a progressive politician whose populist policies rank him among the “near great” Presidents in the tradition of William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.

Contents:

  • Introduction
  • The Early Years
  • The Political Making of a Populist
  • Mr Truman Goes to Washington
  • The Economics of War and Peace
  • The Employment Act of 1946 and the President's Council of Economic Advisers
  • Communism and the Truman Doctrine
  • The Populist Campaign of 1948
  • The Marshall Plan
  • Truman's Defining Test: The Korean War
  • Afterward

Readership: Economic historians, researchers, students and members of the public who are interested in American history and the early origins of the Cold War.
Key Features:

  • Devotes much attention and detail to the economic aspects of Truman during his time in Office
  • Truman's lasting legacy was that of his populism and his ability to connect with the common American man; this is explained in detail in this book
  • This book will show how political economic strategies early on in the Cold War helped the United States eventually win it by the 1990s; it will show how Truman led the way in laying a good foundation for America's Cold Warrior stance
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Harry S Truman is best remembered as the President who witnessed the swift arrival of the Cold War in the tumultuous years after World War Two. Little however has been written to show that he was also the populist President who set the political economic course for the United States to win it merely 40 years later.

In this timely biography, E Ray Canterbery captures the spirit of the man, who first and foremost, was a politician who crafted political progams such as the Fair Deal program, full-employment program, New Deal program, reconversion, stabilization, and agriculture progams through the lens of progressiveness. He focuses on Truman's populist economics by charting Truman's early years, the makings of his populist character, his beginnings in Washington, Communism and the Truman Doctrine, the campaign of 1948, the Marshall Plan, the firing of General MacArthur, and the Korean War. While the economic aspects of his term were fundamentally that of war and peace, Canterbery analyses in great depth Truman's economic policies and instruments, such as the Employment Act of 1946 and the President's Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) — results of Truman's presidency that other authors of books on Truman have largely ignored.

Harry S Truman: The Economics of a Populist President shows how Truman should be remembered: As a progressive politician whose populist policies rank him among the “near great” Presidents in the tradition of William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.

Contents:

Readership: Economic historians, researchers, students and members of the public who are interested in American history and the early origins of the Cold War.
Key Features:

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