Harry Truman ascended to the presidency in the wake of Franklin Roosevelt’s death in 1945. Over the next seven years, Truman would be faced with the daunting challenges of transitioning a massive wartime economy back to a peacetime footing in addition to confronting a hostile Congress determined to roll back the programs of FDRs New Deal.
Overseas, Truman would have to confront the growing threat of communism and deter an expansionist-minded Soviet Union from shattering the hard-won peace established on the European continent.
Harry Truman ascended to the presidency in the wake of Franklin Roosevelt’s death in 1945. Over the next seven years, Truman would be faced with the daunting challenges of transitioning a massive wartime economy back to a peacetime footing in addition to confronting a hostile Congress determined to roll back the programs of FDRs New Deal.
Overseas, Truman would have to confront the growing threat of communism and deter an expansionist-minded Soviet Union from shattering the hard-won peace established on the European continent.