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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Kim Dae-jung, Kevyn Aucoin, Harry S. Truman, Jyoti Basu, Girija Prasad Koirala, Marie Louise of Orleans, R. Venkataraman, Gummadi Venkateswara Rao, Cochin Haneefa, Barbara Payton, Audrey Santo, Akira Ifukube, Hasan di Tiro, İhsan Doğramacı, Wilbert Tatum, Ali Meshkini, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Kung Te-cheng, John Hervey, 7th Marquess of Bristol, Ibrahim Ferrer, Carmen Silva, Rudolf Leopold, Ram Niwas Mirdha, Anna Manahan, Nicolae Dobrin, Hanumant Singh, Renata Fronzi, Richard Biegenwald, Tan Jiazhen, Jose Mindlin, Oswaldo Louzada, Robert 'Dolly' Dunn, Victor Sumulong, Dorival Caymmi, Michiya Mihashi, Hiro Takahashi, Prakash Mehra, Friaca, Peter Houghton, Xu Simin, Inday Badiday, Alberto Guzik, Jamelao, Romeu Tuma, D. Sudarsanam, Ana Gonzalez, Celio de Castro, Fialho Gouveia, Florence Finch, Orlando Bobo, Viana Junior, Debby, Chao Yao-dong, Haroldo de Andrade. Excerpt: Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 - December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945-1953). As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States (1945), he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his historic fourth term. During World War I, Truman served in combat in France as an artillery officer in his National Guard unit. After the war, he joined the Democratic Party political machine of Tom Pendergast in Kansas City. He was elected a county official and in 1934 United States senator. After he had gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice president Henry A. Wallace as Roosevelt's running mate in 1944. Truman faced many challenges in domestic affairs. The disorderly postwar reconversion of the economy of the United States was marked by severe...
