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Harry Truman One Tough Son-Of-A-Bitch Of A Man Summary
Harry Truman: "one tough son-of-a-bitch of a man"

The main idea of this article is simply telling a kind of behind the scenes story of Harry Truman. The article makes it a point for the reader to see the types of decisions he was making and what Truman felt about the decisions. The author also attempts to display Truman's true thoughts on events such as demobilizing the American army after World War 2. It is interesting to know a president and what he was capable of but it becomes more interesting when you know the presidents true feelings and the fact that in the beginning he really didn't even want to be president.
Apparently Truman was very old fashioned, so he did not really like to use the telephone. Therefore this author was able

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