Truman on the Enemy: Sizing up Stalin

Season 24

Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable.

Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable. "Truman had that very American idea," says historian David McCullough, "that if he could just meet the fellow, shake his hand, look him in the eye, size him up, then they could work together, work things out, and everything would be okay."

AIR DATE 10/31/11

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Of all the men who had held the office, he was the least prepared. As president, Harry Truman was responsible for dropping the atomic bomb on Japan, ending World War II and finding America’s place in the international order at the start of the Cold War.

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