Truman by Jenkins, Roy - 1986

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hardback. Very Good.

HarperCollins Publishers Limited. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Harpercollins Distribution Services, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Re-bound by library. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,700grams, ISBN:0002175843

Collins, 1986. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9780002175845

Collins. Used - Good. Bargain book!

London: Collins, 1986. The veteran British politician offers fresh insight into the often under-rated American president. Maroon covers with gilt, 230pp with b/w illustrations. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and marks and partial removal of stickers from ffep. Small sticky-tape marks on upper and lower boards, a couple of small marks to slightly grubby page edges, otherwise internally very clean and tight. In a VG, unclipped DJ. Overall a VG copy considering its provenance. Ref:104146. First Edition. Cloth. VG/VG. 16x24cm. Ex-Library.

HarperCollins, 1986. Standard. Hardback. Good. Outline:- In his time, Harry S. Truman was one of the most under-rated presidents of the twentieth century. Succeeding the charismatic Roosevelt, he was often seen as an uninspiring leader, a poor diplomat and a fumbling politician. He was the first man to authorise the use of nuclear weapons, and was in office at the time when the multiplicity of hopes which arose at the end of the Second World War were inevitably disappointed. Nothing could be further from Roy Jenkins` view of him. This is the first biography of Truman to be written by an author with anything approaching the subject`s own range of political experience, and Roy Jenkins brings to this book a quality of appreciation of Truman`s political skills which has not been seen before. It is also the first biography to be written by a British author, giving it a new objectivity on the international affairs which occupied so much of Truman`s presidency and by which he must be judged.-> the… Read More