by Roy Jenkins · HarperCollins Distribution Services · tapa dura · ISBN 9780002175845
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«Truman» is the biography of Harry S. Truman written by Roy Jenkins, published in hardback by Collins in 1986 (220 pages, in English).
Roy Jenkins, British politician and writer, offers a biography of Harry S. Truman, President of the United States between 1945 and 1953. Jenkins champions Truman's figure: he recalls that he was the first president to authorise the use of nuclear weapons and that he faced the expectations and disappointments arising after the Second World War. The author, with his own political experience, provides an assessment of Truman's political skills that contrasts with the image of a mediocre leader often attributed to him.
First edition by Collins, published on 17 February 1986.
Roy Harris Jenkins, Baron Jenkins of Hillhead was a British statesman and writer who served as President of the European Commission from 1977 to 1981. At various times a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Labour Party and the Social Democratic Party (SDP), and a peer for the Liberal Democrats, he was Chancellor of the Exchequer and Home Secretary under the Wilson and Callaghan governments.
