Heroes are often defined as ordinary characters who find themselves facing extraordinary
circumstances and through courage and a dash of luck cement their place in history. Chosen as
President Roosevelt's fourth term Vice President for his admired work ethic good judgement and
lack of enemies Harry S. Truman was the prototypical ordinary man from small-town America.
That is until he was thrust in over his head following the sudden death of Roosevelt. With the
world still caught up in the inferno of the Second World War Truman found himself playing the
roles of both judge and jury during the founding of the UN the Potsdam Conference the
Manhattan Project the German surrender the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and the
decision to drop the Bomb and bring the war to the end. Tightly focused meticulously
researched and drawing on documentation not available to previous biographers The Accidental
President escorts readers into the situation room with Truman during this tumultuous
history-making four months - when the stakes were high and the challenges even higher . . .
