Truman and the Democratic Party
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Truman and the Democratic Party

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Truman and the Democratic Party

About this book

What best defines a Democrat in the American political arenaā€”idealistic reformer or pragmatic politician? Harry Truman adopted both roles and in so doing defined the nature of his presidency.

Truman and the Democratic Party is the first book to deal exclusively with the president's relationship with the Democratic party and his status as party leader. Sean J. Savage addresses Truman's twin roles of party regular and liberal reformer, examining the tension that arose from this duality and the consequences of that tension for Truman's political career.

Truman saw the Democratic party change during his lifetime from a rural-dominated minority party often lacking a unifying agenda to an urban-dominated majority party with strong liberal policy objectives. A seasoned politician who valued party loyalty and recognized the value of political patronage, Truman was also attracted to a liberal ideology that threatened party unity by alienating southern Democrats. By the time he succeeded Franklin Roosevelt, the diversity of opinions and demands among party members led Truman to alternate between two personas: the reformer committed to liberal policy goalā€”civil rights, national health insurance, federal aid to educationā€”and the party regular who sought greater harmony among fellow Democrats.

Drawing on personal interview with former Truman administration members and party officials and on archival materialsā€”most notably papers of the Democratic National Committee at the Harry S. Truman Libraryā€”Savage has produced a fresh perspective that is both shrewd and insightful. This book offers historians and political scientists a new way of looking at the Truman administration and its impact on key public policies.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface: A Reformer and a Regular
  7. 1. Truman and His Party
  8. 2. Truman and the Machine Bosses
  9. 3. Truman and the Democratic National Committee
  10. 4. Had Enough? Republican Resurgence, 1946-1948
  11. 5. Maintaining the Majority Party, 1948
  12. 6. The Fair Deal and the Democratic Party
  13. 7. Democratic Dissensus, 1950-1952
  14. Epilogue: Trumanā€™s Legacy in the Democratic Party
  15. List of Abbreviations
  16. Notes
  17. Index