Bibliography of Harry S. Truman

Bibliography of Harry S. Truman is a selective list of scholarly works about Harry S. Truman, the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953).

Biographies

 * Avner, Yehuda The Prime Ministers: An Intimate Narrative of Israeli Leadership (2010) (Chapter 9,  A Walk with Harry Truman) ISBN 978-1-59264-278-6
 * Bernstein, Barton J., Ed. The Truman Administration: A Documentary History (1966); 2nd edition published as Politics and Policies of the Truman Administration (1970).
 * reprinted in Hamby 1974, pp. 52–68.
 * Ferrell, Robert H. ed. Dear Bess: The Letters from Harry to Bess Truman, 1910–1959 (1983)
 * Ferrell, Robert H. ed. Off the Record: The Private Papers of Harry S. Truman (1980).
 * Ferrell, Robert H. Harry S. Truman: A Life (1994)
 * Hamby, Alonzo L. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (1995)
 * Kirkendall, Richard S. Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia (1990)
 * Merrill, Dennis. ed. ''Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, (1995– ) 35 volumes; available in some large academic libraries.
 * Miller, Merle Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974) Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0-399-11261-8. London: Gollancz Ltd. (1974) ISBN 0-575-01841-0 (Reprint (2005) by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 1-57912-437-2)
 * Neal, Steve ed. Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops (2003)
 * Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter
 * Hamby, Alonzo L. Man of the People: A Life of Harry S. Truman (1995)
 * Kirkendall, Richard S. Harry S. Truman Encyclopedia (1990)
 * Merrill, Dennis. ed. ''Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, (1995– ) 35 volumes; available in some large academic libraries.
 * Miller, Merle Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974) Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0-399-11261-8. London: Gollancz Ltd. (1974) ISBN 0-575-01841-0 (Reprint (2005) by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 1-57912-437-2)
 * Neal, Steve ed. Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops (2003)
 * Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter
 * Merrill, Dennis. ed. ''Documentary History of the Truman Presidency, (1995– ) 35 volumes; available in some large academic libraries.
 * Miller, Merle Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974) Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 0-399-11261-8. London: Gollancz Ltd. (1974) ISBN 0-575-01841-0 (Reprint (2005) by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers. ISBN 1-57912-437-2)
 * Neal, Steve ed. Miracle of '48: Harry Truman's Major Campaign Speeches & Selected Whistle-Stops (2003)
 * Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter
 * Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter
 * Truman, Margaret. Harry S. Truman. William Morrow and Co. (1973). memoir by his daughter

Foreign policy

 * Robert A. Divine. "The Cold War and the Election of 1948," The Journal of American History, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Jun., 1972), pp. 90–110 in JSTOR
 * Gaddis, John Lewis. "Reconsiderations: Was the Truman Doctrine a Real Turning Point?" Foreign Affairs 1974 52(2): 386–402. ISSN 0015-7120
 * Ivie, Robert L. "Fire, Flood, and Red Fever: Motivating Metaphors of Global Emergency in the Truman Doctrine Speech." Presidential Studies Quarterly 1999 29(3): 570–591. ISSN 0360-4918
 * Lacey, Michael J. ed. The Truman Presidency (1989)
 * Matray, James. "Truman's Plan for Victory: National Self Determination and the Thirty-Eighth Parallel Decision in Korea," Journal of American History 66 (September, 1979), 314–333. Online at JSTOR
 * Merrill, Dennis. "The Truman Doctrine: Containing Communism and Modernity" Presidential Studies Quarterly 2006 36(1): 27–37. ISSN 0360-4918
 * Offner, Arnold A. "'Another Such Victory': President Truman, American Foreign Policy, and the Cold War." Diplomatic History 1999 23(2): 127–155. ISSN 0145-2096
 * Pelz, Stephen. "When the Kitchen Gets Hot, Pass the Buck: Truman and Korea in 1950," Reviews in American History 6 (December 1978), 548–555. Online at Project MUSE
 * Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr.; Truman and Korea: The Political Culture of the Early Cold War. University of Missouri Press, 1999 online edition
 * Smith, Geoffrey S. "'Harry, We Hardly Know You': Revisionism, Politics and Diplomacy, 1945–1954," American Political Science Review 70 (June 1976), 560–582. Online at JSTOR
 * Wainstock, Dennis D. Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean War (1999) online edition
 * Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (1997) online edition
 * Walker, J. Samuel. "Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground" Diplomatic History April 2005 – Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pp 311–334
 * Offner, Arnold A. "'Another Such Victory': President Truman, American Foreign Policy, and the Cold War." Diplomatic History 1999 23(2): 127–155. ISSN 0145-2096
 * Pelz, Stephen. "When the Kitchen Gets Hot, Pass the Buck: Truman and Korea in 1950," Reviews in American History 6 (December 1978), 548–555. Online at Project MUSE
 * Paul G. Pierpaoli Jr.; Truman and Korea: The Political Culture of the Early Cold War. University of Missouri Press, 1999 online edition
 * Smith, Geoffrey S. "'Harry, We Hardly Know You': Revisionism, Politics and Diplomacy, 1945–1954," American Political Science Review 70 (June 1976), 560–582. Online at JSTOR
 * Wainstock, Dennis D. Truman, MacArthur, and the Korean War (1999) online edition
 * Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (1997) online edition
 * Walker, J. Samuel. "Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground" Diplomatic History April 2005 – Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pp 311–334
 * Walker, J. Samuel. Prompt and Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs against Japan (1997) online edition
 * Walker, J. Samuel. "Recent Literature on Truman's Atomic Bomb Decision: A Search for Middle Ground" Diplomatic History April 2005 – Vol. 29 Issue 2 Pp 311–334

Domestic policy

 * Bolles, Blair (1952), How to Get Rich in Washington: Rich Man's Division of the Welfare State, New York:  Norton.
 * Brooks, Karl Boyd, ed. The Environmental Legacy of Harry S. Truman, (Kirksville: Truman State University Press, 2009. xxxvi, 145 pp. ISBN 978-1-931112-93-2
 * Gardner, Michael R. Harry Truman and Civil Rights: Moral Courage and Political Risks. Southern Illinois University Press, 2002. xx + 276 pp. ISBN 0-8093-2425-3. online review online edition
 * Hartmann, Susan M. Truman and the 80th Congress (1971)
 * Heller, Francis H. Economics and the Truman Administration (1981)
 * Kirkendall, Richard S. ed. Harry's Farewell: Interpreting and Teaching the Truman Presidency (2004) essays by scholars
 * Koenig, Louis W. The Truman Administration: Its Principles and Practice (1956)
 * Lacey, Michael J. ed. The Truman Presidency (1989)
 * R. Alton Lee; Truman and Taft-Hartley: A Question of Mandate. University of Kentucky Press, 1966 online edition
 * Levantrosser, William F. ed. Harry S. Truman: The Man from Independence (1986). 25 essays by scholars and Truman aides. online edition
 * Marcus, Maeva Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power (1994)
 * Pierpaoli, Paul G. Jr. Truman and Korea: The Political Culture of the Early Cold War. University of Missouri Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8262-1206-9. focus on the homefront online review
 * Pietrusza, David (2011), 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America, New York: Union Square Press.
 * Ryan, Halford R. Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric (1993) online edition
 * Theoharis, Athan. The Truman Presidency: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the National Security State (1979).
 * Levantrosser, William F. ed. Harry S. Truman: The Man from Independence (1986). 25 essays by scholars and Truman aides. online edition
 * Marcus, Maeva Truman and the Steel Seizure Case: The Limits of Presidential Power (1994)
 * Pierpaoli, Paul G. Jr. Truman and Korea: The Political Culture of the Early Cold War. University of Missouri Press, 1997. ISBN 0-8262-1206-9. focus on the homefront online review
 * Pietrusza, David (2011), 1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Changed America, New York: Union Square Press.
 * Ryan, Halford R. Harry S. Truman: Presidential Rhetoric (1993) online edition
 * Theoharis, Athan. The Truman Presidency: The Origins of the Imperial Presidency and the National Security State (1979).

Audio and video sources

 * 29 Audio/Video Clips of Harry Truman
 * Audio clips of Truman's speeches

Other bibliographies

 * Annotated bibliography for Harry S. Truman from the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues