Beaming from the rear of the train formerly used for his illustrious whistle-stop campaigns, a triumphant Harry Truman reveled in the previous day's Chicago Tribune. The banner headline speciously pronounced "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN-, as indicated by author and independent scholar, Harold I. Gullan. This paradoxical article was a collective memory of the "upset- election of 1948. .
According to Gullan, by 1948 Harry Truman had been a professional politician for twenty-six years. With the death of President Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Truman took office and, as quoted by author and history professor Fred L. Israel, told reporters, "I feel like the moon, the stars, and all the planets have fallen on me."" Unprepared for presidency, Truman was faced with the momentous problems of post-war America, but he grappled them with resilience, and the majority of the American people rallied behind him. However, he sympathized with Roosevelt's liberal principals while the mood of the country was becoming increasingly conservative (Israel 146). His three years in the White House were, as described by Gullan, a "jarring roller-coaster ride-, and all the post-war uncertainties "inflation, strikes, shortages, problems with the Soviet Union, and controversy over atomic weapons "eroded his personal popularity as well as the popularity of his Democratic party. His decision to run in 1948 could not have been easy, but in his Memoirs Truman stresses his responsibility to preserve the gains of the New Deal and continue to "lead from strength- with the Soviet Union. Also, being a career politician who had reached the pinnacle of his profession, recognizing that he was still viewed as what both Gullan and historian Donald Holley called an "accidental president- must have strengthened his resolve to win on his own. However, as all biographers agree, his chances of success looked bleak, as his Republican adversary Dewey was progressively gaining status and support.
Montana 1948 Creative Imaginary The flawed individual ultimately is responsible for his own devastation. Dear David, I've just finished Montana 1948 and I must say your experience with life has touched me in a very moving way. ... If so, did he ever talk about the horrendous events that occurred in Montana 1948? ... I wish I had the same courage to face such unspeakable events that occurred during Montana 1948. ...
In 1948 the Berlin Blockade marked the first true crisis of the Cold War. ... On March 20, 1948 Soviet Military Governor Marshal Solovsky walked out of the ACC meeting in Berlin, marking the official end of the four allies" relationship. ... In March of 1948 the terms agreed on in 1945 were not to be honored. "Lucius Clay, the military governor of the American zone of occupied Germany wrote: "When the order of the Soviet Military Administration to close all rail traffic from the western zones went into effect at 6:00AM on the morning of June 24, 1948, the three western sectors of Berlin,...
In the novel Montana 1948 by Larry Watson, the life of a seemingly perfect family is thrown into chaos by the actions of a family member. ... In the prologue of the novel Montana 1948, David goes on to describe how this secrecy changed his view of the world. ... Montana 1948-- By Larry Watson Icarus-- By Edward Field...
Larry Watson's novel Montana 1948 is the perfect example of this. ... The novel Montana 1948 begins as an ordinary coming of age story of a young boy. ... He never seems to recover from the events of 1948. ... However, the events of 1948 force Wes to make a decision and break with his past. ...
The book "Montana 1948" shows us how people can be very dishonest and shows us that certain people will choose what they want to see and what they want to forget about. ... Frank, Wesley, Gloria, David and Julian Hayden are all examples of the trust issues that echoed through the small town of Montana in the summer of 1948. ...
The 1948 elections in Italy led promise that the people, for the first time, would be able to decide for themselves how their country would begin their existence in this "new world-. ... The results of this election showed the people of Italy choose to install a democratic form of government in 1948, but how much of a choice did the people of Italy actually have in this "free- election? ... This paper will examine how much influence the United States government, and the Truman Administration in particular, had in the overall outcome of the 1948 elections. ... The intervention into the Ita...
Montana 1948, a novel written by Larry Watson and published in 1993, describes an embarrassing recollection of David Hayden happened in a small town called Bentrock. ... And the most critical lesson of Montana 1948 is, we should always be vigilant of the danger an over-concentrated power may bring us....
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948 as an answer to the catastrophe of the world wars and the Holocaust. ... Great answer, just try and link a couple of the events to actual articlesThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948 as an answer to the catastrophe of the world wars and the Holocaust. ... Great answer, just try and link a couple of the events to actual articlesThe Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948 as an answer to the catastrophe of the world wars and the Holocaust. ...
