Senin, 07 Agustus 2017

American History Review: Citizen Soldier

Citizen Soldier: A Life of Harry S. Truman By Aida D. Donald; Basic Books This new biography is like our 33rd president: short and to the point. Truman, David McCullough’s 1,100-page tome, is exhaustive, but often loses the plain-speaking Truman. Donald, by contrast, defines the man and his policies in language as simple and straightforward …

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