On July 25, 1945, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin, and American President Harry Truman met ... and set the stage for a post-war "cold" war that would ...

After succeeding Franklin Roosevelt in 1945, Harry S. Truman won the presidency in his own right in 1948, defeating Republican Thomas Dewey and achieving one of the most stunning political comebacks ...

Harry Truman gave a notable speech in 1947 called ... of each other led to a series of tense stand-offs throughout the Cold War.

and also played roles in both World Wars and the Cold War. From 1946 through 1952, President Harry Truman used this house as his winter vacation home and because he spent 175 days of his ...

In May 1948, as President Harry Truman ... Not until Truman tossed aside that particular Roosevelt legacy did he manage to shape his own signal achievements in the realm of Cold War realism.

John Foster from Mentor Public Library will host a year-long lecture series on the lives and legacies of Cold War-era presidents. He’ll begin by spotlighting Harry Truman during a talk at 6:30 p ...