A.J. Baime

Dewey Defeats Truman: A book review by Bob Morris

August 6, 2020

Dewey Defeats Truman: The 1948 Election and the Battle for America’s Soul A. J. Baime Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (July 2020) Another brilliant achievement by a cutting-edge thinker who tells a great story In 1948, I delivered 65 Chicago Daily Tribunes…

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Books by and about a great president: Harry Truman and David McCullough

June 5, 2020

In Author in Chief, one of the most interesting books I have read in recent years, Craig Fehrman “tells the story of how, when, and why America’s presidents began writing books — and why Americans have been been so consistenty drawn…

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The Accidental President: A book review by Bob Morris

January 23, 2018

The Accidental President: Harry S. Truman and the Four Months That Changed the World A.J. Baime Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (October 2017) An ordinary man who taught the people, as one of them, “that their greatness was in themselves” In his…

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The Arsenal of Democracy: A book review by Bob Morris

July 18, 2014

The Arsenal of Democracy: FDR, Detroit, and an Epic Quest to Arm an America at War A.J. Baime Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) A true tale “that rivals the weirdest fiction and wildest imaginings of the comic books.” In his previously…

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