Tumultuous Years: The Presidency of Harry S. Truman, 1949-1953

Presidency of Harry S. Truman #2

by Robert John Donovan

Discusses Truman's victory over Thomas E. Dewey and the Communist takeover of China

Genres: History, Us Presidents, American History, Presidents, Biography

444 pages, Paperback

First published May 11, 1983

About the author

Robert John Donovan was a Washington correspondent, author and presidential historian. Donovan attended Lafayette High School in Buffalo, New York, where he was Captain of the Hocke Herald Tribune after the war and served as a foreign correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief. During the latter period he was President of the White House Correspondents' Association. From the Tribune, he moved to the Los Angeles Times as Washington Bureau Chief and for a short time as Associate Editor in Los Angeles.