{"product_id":"1948-harry-trumans-improbable-victory-and-the-year-that-transformed-america-9781635764482","title":"1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year That Transformed America","description":"\u003cb\u003eAward-winning historian David Pietrusza unpacks the most ingloriously iconic headline in the history of presidential elections-DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN-to reveal the 1948 campaign's backstage events and recount the down-to-the-wire brawl fought against the background of an erupting Cold War, the Berlin Airlift, the birth of Israel, and a post-war America facing exploding storms over civil rights and domestic communism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePietrusza, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eDavid Pietrusza\u003c\/b\u003e's books include \u003ci\u003e1920: The Year of Six Presidents\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eRothstein: The Life, Times, and Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e1948: Harry Truman's Improbable Victory and the Year that Transformed America's Role in the World\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003e1960: LBJ vs. JFK vs. Nixon: The Epic Campaign that Forged Three Presidencies\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003e1932: The Rise of Hitler and FDR--Two Tales of Politics, Betrayal, and Unlikely Destiny.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eRothstein\u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for an Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, and \u003ci\u003e1920\u003c\/i\u003e was honored by \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e as among their Books of the Year. Pietrusza has appeared on \u003ci\u003eGood Morning America\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMorning Joe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Voice of America\u003c\/i\u003e, The History Channel, ESPN, NPR, AMC, and C-SPAN. He has spoken at The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, The National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum, the Harry S Truman library and Museum, and various universities and festivals. He lives in Scotia, New York. Visit davidpietrusza.com.","brand":"Diversion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50361966657810,"sku":"9781635764482","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8af6f20e-b395-4df4-8e46-a4ca74d0bec9.jpg?v=1728377955","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/1948-harry-trumans-improbable-victory-and-the-year-that-transformed-america-9781635764482","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}