Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration
A Study of Fair Deal Liberalism
©1998
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253 Pages
Series:
Modern American History: , Volume 1
Summary
Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration offers the first thorough historical analysis of one of the most contentious aspects of the Fair Deal - President Harry S. Truman's electric power policies. In 1948, Truman championed as part of his liberal program a major expansion of public power. De Luna shows how these plans were adulterated by a powerful combination of forces: the opposition of private power, discord among agencies and individuals in the executive branch, and a split in the Democratic Party. Forced to compromise on this important issue, the last Truman administration unwittingly helped usher in a more conservative period in American political life.
Details
- Pages
- 253
- Year
- 1998
- ISBN (Hardcover)
- 9780820431444
- Language
- English
- Keywords
- opposition agencies Democratic Party
- Published
- New York, Bern, Berlin, Frankfurt/M., Paris, Wien, 1997. XII, 253 pp.