{"product_id":"harry-and-arthur-truman-vandenberg-and-the-partnership-that-created-the-free-world-paperback","title":"Harry and Arthur: Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLawrence J. Haas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith Franklin Roosevelt's death in April of 1945, Vice President Harry Truman and Senator Arthur Vandenberg, the Republican leader on foreign policy, inherited a world in turmoil. With Europe flattened and the Soviets emerging as America's new adversary, Truman and Vandenberg built a tight, bipartisan partnership at a bitterly partisan time to craft a dramatic new foreign policy through which the United States stepped boldly onto the world stage to protect its friends, confront its enemies, and promote freedom. These two men transformed America from a reluctant global giant to a self-confident leader; from a nation that traditionally turned inward after war to one that remained engaged to shape the postwar landscape; and from a nation with no real military establishment to one that now spends more on defense than the next dozen nations combined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lawrence J. Haas, an award-winning journalist, reveals how, through the close collaboration of Truman and Vandenberg, the United States created the United Nations to replace the League of Nations, pursued the Truman Doctrine to defend freedom from communist threat, launched the Marshall Plan to rescue Western Europe's economy from the devastation of war, and established NATO to defend Western Europe. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLawrence J. Haas\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and former communications director for Vice President Al Gore. His writings have appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other outlets. He has published five other books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire \u003c\/i\u003e(Potomac, 2021).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 340\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 01, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382508175538,"sku":"9781640124820","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/c04a92827f35d9a4640cf812484f1d0a.webp?v=1777836594","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/harry-and-arthur-truman-vandenberg-and-the-partnership-that-created-the-free-world-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}