The Awesome Power: Harry S. Truman as Commander in Chief
Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1974. Hardcover. Very good, tight copy with prior owner sig on front free end. Very good price-clipped dust jacket with mild chipping to upper edges and spine tip, and some fade to front edge. Presumed first edition. Hardcover. 359 pp (w/ notes, bibliography, index). A scholarly account of the events and circumstances leading up to Truman's most significant decision - to use the atomic bomb against Japan. Haynes also examines Truman's decisions on postwar civilian control of atomic energy, his intervention in Korea his leadership in the Cold War, and his conflict with General Douglas MacArthur. Very Good. Item #E34874
ISBN: 9780807100547
Price: $14.95