Bücher von Robert H. Ferrell

The Kellogg-Briand Pact, signed on August 27, 1928, was an important landmark in the "peace fever" which swept the United States and Europe after World War I. Peace in Their Time is a highly readable account of the events leading up to the signing of the pact and their implications for American diplomacy.

Harry Truman was born on May 8, 1884. At the age of sixty-one, Truman was sworn in as the thirty-third president of the United States. This volume covers: campaigns, elections, and the Pendergast connection, Senator Truman, particularly his chairmanship of the Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, FDR, and World War II.