Truman and the Russians

by Herbert Druks

Paperback now in stock for $40.00. Truman and the Russians is by Herbert Druks, Ph.D., eminent American scholar, professor, and author. Noted Professor of Political Science at The City College of the City University of New York Ivo Duchacek said that this scholarly book "is a vivid account of an almost continuous tension and confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in Asia and in Europe during the last eight years of Stalin's Russia...The eight years shook the world out of its wishful thinking about Russia; and thanks to Harry S. Truman they also shook the United States out of its l50 year old isolationist dream in peacetime. In this context, the author views Truman's impact on the United States foreign policy as revolutionary...As the author explains, Truman's major decisions naturally reflected his own personality, his bold insights and his limitations...This book, based on a through research, has been enlivened by double-checks that include interviews with Harry S. Truman himself, W. Averell Harriman, Samuel I. Rosenman and General Frank L. Howley. Double-checks on Dr. Druks extremely high level of accuracy were also made off the record by the book's Editor, Jon P. Speller, based upon information known to such US Intelligence veterans who were active during the Truman Administration as Col. William Heimlich, USAF, and Dr. R. H. Powley. Truman and the Russians served as an important work during the Cold War to objectively clarify the true role of President Harry S. Truman's Presidency, a role that had been too often enmeshed in largely artificial politically based controversies. Foreign Affairs termed the " A scholarly survey of President Truman's major confrontations with Stalin." Revue Francaise de Science Politique described Truman and the "A concise and well-documented analysis of President Truman's foreign policy from 1945 to 1952 with particular reference to United States-Russian relations. Herbert Druks shows how the foreign policy of President Truman moved American away from its traditional isolationism..." Professor Druks' book must be read by anyone who is seriously interested in the genesis of relations between the United States and the Russian Federation today.

303 pages, Paperback

Published July 4, 1981