The man from Missouri takes charge in Washington -- Ending "The good war" -- New direction in foreign policy: the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and Israel -- From New Deal to Fair Deal -- Troubles at home: the miracle of '48 and Fair Deal failure -- Containing communism at home and abroad: Korea and McCarthyism -- Independence revisited: Truman's post-White House years
The man from Missouri takes charge in Washington -- Ending "The good war" -- A new direction in foreign policy: the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, and Israel -- From New Deal to Fair Deal -- Trouble at home: the miracle of '48 and Fair Deal failure -- Containing communism at home and abroad: Korea and McCarthyism -- Independence revisited: Truman's post-white house years