Where the Buck Stops The Personal and Private

In the bestselling tradition of Margaret Truman's biography Harry S. Truman, here are the 33rd U.S. President's fascinating theories and opinions on leadership and leaders, plus his picks for the best and worst presidents--all in his bluntly honest "give-em-hell" style.

Introduction	p. xi
Ordinary Men and Three Great Presidents	p. 1
Five More Great Presidents	p. 9
Some Presidents We Could Have Done Without	p. 17
Do-nothing Presidents--Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan	p. 19
All About Grant	p. 28
Harding and Coolidge	p. 38
Freedom--or Abuse?--of the Press	p. 49
Eisenhower and Generals as Presidents	p. 54
Why I Don't Like Ike	p. 60
What It Takes to Be a Good President	p. 75
Making Up Your Mind	p. 77
Sticking to It	p. 86
Listening and Persuading	p. 97
Accepting the Past and Having Enough Time	p. 107
How America Got Started	p. 115
Why People Came to America	p. 117
What Led to the American Revolution	p. 127
Washington--A General Without Experience	p. 137
Losing the Battles, Winning the Revolutionary War	p. 147
Washington--A Great and Unpopular President	p. 157
The Electoral College	p. 168
Our Great Presidents, and Some in Between	p. 175
Washington, Chief Executive	p. 177
Isolationism: Our First Foreign Policy	p. 186
Becoming a World Power, Dropping the Bomb	p. 198
Jefferson the Populist	p. 208
Jefferson--The Man, the President	p. 220
The Constitution--Stretched or Broken?	p. 233
Madison and the War of 1812	p. 246
Minor Presidents: Monroe and John Quincy Adams	p. 259
My Favorite President: Andrew Jackson	p. 272
America's Treatment of the Indians	p. 281
Jackson, Champion of the Common People	p. 289
Van Buren, Tyler, and a Great President--Polk	p. 306
Lincoln, Surrounded by Tragedy	p. 322
Woodrow Wilson--Too Smart to Be President?	p. 341
FDR (and Me)	p. 361
Afterword	p. 375
Index	p. 377
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Where the Buck Stops The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman

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