Problems of the Presidency -- Student of history -- Diaries and private memoranda and papers -- Forebears and biographical notes -- The man -- The President speaks of the future ...

HANDLE BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS. IT WAS 80 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE U.S. DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON THE JAPANESE CITY OF HIROSHIMA. THREE DAYS LATER, A SECOND BOMB WAS DROPPED ON NAGASAKI. THEY ...

In war, the deaths of civilians and combatants are unfortunately inevitable. Today, 80 years after the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki, debate still continues over their use, ...

Eighty years ago, on July 17, 1945, the last of the Second World War’s “Big Three” conferences was convened at Potsdam, near Berlin, Germany, in the Cecilienhof Palace. The key issues discussed and ...

Harry S. Truman, the 33rd president of the United States, served from 1945 to 1953. He is remembered for decisive leadership during the closing months of World War II, the beginning of the Cold War, ...

President Harry S. Truman signing the National Security Act Amendments of 1949, which converted the National Military Establishment into a new Department of Defense. (National Archives) During a White ...