%0 Book %A Phyllis Komarek de Luna %D 2021 %C New York, United States of America %I Peter Lang Verlag %@ 1085-0651 %T Public versus Private Power during the Truman Administration %B A Study of Fair Deal Liberalism %U https://www.peterlang.com/document/1087400 %X 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. %K opposition, agencies, Democratic Party %G English