Monte M. Poen is Regents' Professor of American History at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He is the editor of several books, including Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed and Letters Home by Harry Truman (both by the University of Missouri Press).
"An examination of Harry Truman's efforts to obtain a national
health insurance program and the factors behind his inability to do
so. . . . Well researched and well written. . . . A valuable
contribution to the history of the Truman Administration as well as
to the history of public health."--American History Review
"This volume challenges those who are labeled 'New Left' historians
because of their attacks on Truman's domestic conservatism, by
maintaining that his proposals in the area of national health care
were far ahead of their time and were, indeed, actually 'radical.'.
. . This well-written book fills a void in the historiography of
the Truman administration, for no other monograph has addressed
itself to this timely subject."--Choice
"This book is an interesting account of a crucial period in the
long and winding road to comprehensive health care in the United
States. It details the legislative victories and defeats and the
political forces involved during the Truman years. . . . This book
should interest those concerned with the current health care
debates."--Social Work
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