Table of Contents

Harry's Farewell Address and the Historical Significance of the Truman Presidency by Richard S. Kirkendall; The Politics of Democracy: Harry S. Truman and the American People by Alonzo L. Hamby; Economic Prosperity, Security, and Equality: Harry Truman's Farewell Claims and Presidential Achievements by Robert M. Collins; Clutching at Civil Rights Straws: A Reappraisal of the Truman Years and the Struggle for African American Citizenship, 1945-1953 by Carol Anderson; President Harry S. Truman's Farewell Address and the Atomic Bomb: The High Price of Secrecy by Richard B. Frank; Harry S. Truman, History, and Internationalism: The 1953 Farewell Address and U.S. Foreign Relations by Mary Ann Heiss; Truman and Korea: An Assessment of Presidential Performance by William Stueck; The Truman Prophecy by Randall Woods; ""A Very Dangerous Course"": Harry S. Truman and the Red Scare by Ellen Schrecker; Behind the Silences: Challenges to the Gender Status Quo during the Truman Years by Susan M. Hartmann; Harry Truman, Immigration, and Ethnicity at an Imperial Moment by Rachel Ida Buff; A Legacy in Concrete: The Truman Presidency Transforms America's Environment, 1945-1953 by Karl Brooks; Using the Farewell Address to Teach the Truman Presidency by Jeff Gall; Harry Truman: A Biographer's Perspective I by Robert H. Ferrell; Harry Truman: A Biographer's Perspective II by Alonzo L. Hamby

About the Author

Richard S. Kirkendall is Scott and Dorothy Bullitt Professor Emeritus at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of numerous books, including Uncle Henry: A Documentary Profile of the First Henry Wallace and A History of Missouri: Volume V, 1919 to 1953 (University of Missouri Press).