Childhood, boyhood, youth 1884-1901
Banker, farmer, soldier, haberdasher 1901-1922
President-first days April 12-30. 1945
United Nations Conference April-June 1945
End of the war in Europe April-May 1945
Martha Ellen Truman visits the White House May 1945
Preparing to meet with Churchill and Stalin May-August 1945
Potsdam Conference July 6-August 3, 1945
International challenges at war's end April-October 1945
Demobilization and universal military training May-October 1945
Postwar economic problems 1945-1948
Atomic energy after Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Foreign Aid Lend-Lease, the British Loan, Food Aid, the Truman Doctrine, the Marshall Plan, Point Four
Reorganizing for national security 1945-1949
Civil War in China 1945-1949
Fair Deal the 21-point message, full employment, civil rights, housing, agriculture, health care
Communisim, Anti-Communism and Civil Liberties
Seizure of the steel mills 1951-1952
Korean War 1-Invasion June-October 1950
Korean War 2-Chinese Intervention October-December 1950
Korean War 3-MacArthur is removed from his commands;stalemate and negotiatians 1950-1953
Campaign and transition 1952.
