President Harry Truman, before he was a President, was a solid shoe salesman, the owner of a shoe store. Through hard-work and civil decisions, and the cooperation of mafia-like political machines, worked his way up to the Presidency. He believed much as FDR did, with his own Missouri variations and thoughts, but because of his scholarly nature, found himself politically pinioned by the resurgent and vengeful American right, not our situation. But what he did next was make a grand 'devil's deal' with the Republican right especially the far and martial American right, intellectually and politically beat the Cold War drum loudly, started the Cold War, won massive popularity because the people and God, as frankly stated in obscure passages of the Old Testament, love War. Thus he earned room and resources to follow his civil, benevolent policy plans. This is similar to what we are attempting to do. Truman was my admired grandfather George Sigfred Nelson's favorite American President; I inherited a biography of Truman.
I'm an Army man all the way. Rock of The Marne Hooah! But even The Army knows and freely admits that The Marine Corps made its bones as America's Shock troopers at The Battle of The Chosin Resevoir. If ever they earned the right to free themselves from Naval command and get their own funding it was there.
My all time favorite hero. This is the best picture of Truman thanks
These presentations are great. Loved it.
They are good but his take on a few things is off.
I absolutely love these talks. So well researched and delivered. Thank you so much.
Good lecture. Would be great if you listed references you mentioned in your talk.
No, no, Truman really didn’t know about the Pendergast Machine.....Please!
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he didn't see it coming
Harry Truman died on December 26, 1972, not December 5 of that year. 😐
I would love to see Dr. Foster or anyone else qualified to do a talk on The Gilded Age.
President Harry Truman, before he was a President, was a solid shoe salesman, the owner of a shoe store. Through hard-work and civil decisions, and the cooperation of mafia-like political machines, worked his way up to the Presidency. He believed much as FDR did, with his own Missouri variations and thoughts, but because of his scholarly nature, found himself politically pinioned by the resurgent and vengeful American right, not our situation. But what he did next was make a grand 'devil's deal' with the Republican right especially the far and martial American right, intellectually and politically beat the Cold War drum loudly, started the Cold War, won massive popularity because the people and God, as frankly stated in obscure passages of the Old Testament, love War. Thus he earned room and resources to follow his civil, benevolent policy plans. This is similar to what we are attempting to do. Truman was my admired grandfather George Sigfred Nelson's favorite American President; I inherited a biography of Truman.
I'm an Army man all the way. Rock of The Marne Hooah!
But even The Army knows and freely admits that The Marine Corps made its bones as America's Shock troopers at The Battle of The Chosin Resevoir. If ever they earned the right to free themselves from Naval command and get their own funding it was there.
Utter foolishness.