A great read, and there are so many gaps that were filled—either forgotten by me or completely not taught to me by my history teachers.
My observation for such a well-written book with so many reviews and high ratings is that it was oddly edited rather poorly regarding grammar and the repetition of mundane facts. Strangely, as well, the timelines jumped forward and then backtracked, as if the event had not been mentioned.
Truly nitpicking here, but for such an incredible read, I was surprised by the final edit. I did read a digital version and noted many were talking about the light and small print of the paper version, but this was not something I experienced.
Overall thoughts and critiques:
The most notable things to me were that Stalin had said he felt that Hitler was still alive, which ties into the DNA-tested fragments of Hitler's skull being shown to be that of a woman.
Truman was unaware of Fat Man being dropped.
How cold and unsupportive Truman’s wife was, as well as (not untypically) his mother-in-law.
Unaware how it’s possible that he had only 2% of the support for the vice presidency nomination. That concept at the time is truly strange compared to how modern-day candidates choose their VP.
Truman’s continual upsets—from his first judge appointment, Senate candidacy, VP nomination, and his defeat of Dewey. Probably the luckiest politician in US history for continually beating the odds.
Very glad I picked this book up. Open to suggestions for books that are of similar caliber, time period, and/or biographical and well written.
by burnsandrewj2