Tuesday, July 16

Author Event: "Ascent to Power" by David L. Roll

Name: Author Event: "Ascent to Power" by David L. Roll
Start: 2024-07-16T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2024-07-16T19:30:00-05:00
Location: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum

"Ascent to Power: How Truman Emerged from Roosevelt’s Shadow and Remade the World"

By Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum

Date and time

Tuesday, July 16 · 5:30 - 7:30pm CDT

Location

Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum

500 West US Highway 24 Independence, MO 64050

Agenda

5:30 PM - 6:00 PM

Reception in Grandview Hall

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Author Event in the Auditorium

David L. Roll

7:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Book Signing

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours

Spanning the years of transition, 1944 to 1948, Ascent to Power illuminates Truman's struggles to emerge as president in his own right. Yet, from a relatively unknown Missouri senator to the most powerful man on Earth, Truman's legacy transcends. With his come-from-behind campaign in the fall of 1948, his courageous civil rights advocacy, and his role in liberating millions from militarist governments and brutal occupations, Truman's decisions during these pivotal years changed the course of the world in ways so significant we live with them today.

David L. Roll is the author of George Marshall and The Hopkins Touch, and the coauthor of Louis Johnson and the Arming of America (with Keith McFarland), a biography of Harry Truman’s defense secretary.

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