Free Download Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt’s Shadow and Remade the World (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CF6Q2ZJX | 2024 | 20 hours and 5 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 579 MB
Author: David L. Roll
Narrator: Mark Bramhall
From Franklin Roosevelt’s final days through Harry Truman’s extraordinary transformation, this is the enthralling story behind the most consequential presidential transition in US history. When Roosevelt, in failing health, decided to run for a fourth term, he gave in to the big city Democratic bosses and reluctantly picked Senator Truman as his vice president, a man he barely knew. Upon FDR’s death in April 1945, Truman, after only 82 days as VP, was thrust into the presidency. Utterly unprepared, he faced the collapse of Germany, a Europe in ruins, the organization of the UN, a summit with Stalin and Churchill, and the question of whether atomic bombs would be ready for use against Japan. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union was growing increasingly hostile towards US power.
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