Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the thirty-third president of the United States. He authorised the use of atomic bombs against Japan, helped create the post-war containment system, recognised Israel and led the country into the Korean War.

In Jeff Shaara’s The Final Storm, as Okinawa ends, Harry S. Truman inherits the presidency and the decision over how to force Japan’s surrender. Griff Hosker’s Commando places Harry S. Truman within a narrative shaped by military command and battlefield decision-making, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and exploration, travel and cultural encounter. Other novels featuring Harry S. Truman include Griff Hosker’s Behind Enemy Lines, Griff Hosker’s Beyond the Rhine, Griff Hosker’s Breakout, Griff Hosker’s Dieppe, and Griff Hosker’s King Tiger.

In non-fiction, Harry S. Truman is discussed in Giles Milton’s Checkmate in Berlin. Giles Milton’s Checkmate in Berlin approaches the subject through political ambition and government, empire, conquest and resistance, and social change and the pressures of ordinary life.