Harry S. Truman Papers as U.S. Senator and Vice President. 1935 - 1945. 1940 Campaign Files

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Harry S. Truman Papers as U.S. Senator and Vice President. 1935 - 1945. 1940 Campaign Files

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Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972

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Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953, succeeding upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt after serving as the 34th vice president in early 1945. He implemented the Marshall Plan to rebuild the economy of Western Europe and established the Truman Doctrine and NATO to contain communist expansion. He proposed numerous liberal domestic reforms, but few were enacted by the Conservative Coalition that dominated Congres...