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Summary of Albert J. Baime's The Accidental President

Summary of Albert J. Baime's The Accidental President

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.Sample Book Insights: #1 Harry S. Truman was the president of the United States from 1945 to 1953. He was elected to the Senate in 1922, and in 1934 he was elected to the position of presiding judge of Jackson County, Missouri, due to the patronage of Tom Pendergast, the corrupt boss of Kansas City’s Democratic machine.#2 On May 4, military leaders from the United States, the USSR, Britain, and France met in Berlin to begin the process of occupying Germany, which was to be sliced into occupation zones, one for each of those four nations.#3 On July 6, Truman left the White House by car and headed for the ship passage to the Potsdam Conference in Soviet-occupied Germany. His approval rating in the United States was 87 percent.