Harry S. Truman Bibliography Home Page
Date Published: September 27, 2025
​Date Modified: October 6, 2025
The reason that I read these memoirs was to see what our former President, Harry S. Truman, thought and how he decided to act when confronted with such critical issues as the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, further insights into the Nuremberg Trials, and his dealings with Stalin after the cold war that resulted in the Berlin Wall and the Iron Curtain.

Since I served in Germany with the United States Army as a driver in intelligence (known as S2 in the 3rd Squadron, 8th Cavalry Division), from 1971 through 1974, I was hoping to find some historical background on what I experienced in the early '70s in Europe as a very, very young man.
Peter E. Greulich, Author and Public Speaker
Harry S. Truman Bibliography​ Home Page​
  • Memoirs by Harry S. Truman​ in Two Volumes
    • "Year of Decisions" by Harry S. Truman
    • "Years of Trial and Hope" by Harry S. Truman
Memoirs by Harry S. Truman in Two Volumes
  • "Year of Decisions" by Harry S. Truman
“I [Harry S. Truman] was sworn in as President by Chief Justice Stone at 19:09 on April 12, 1945.

"Much was going to happen in the following months: (1) we would enter the atomic age; (2) the wars in Europe and Asia would be brought to an end; (3) the United Nations would be launched; (4) Churchill and Attlee of Great Britain, Stalin of Russia, and I as President of the United States met at Potsdam.
Link to Review of ​"Year of Decisions" by Truman
“The years ahead were to make great demands upon the wisdom, courage, and integrity of statesmen everywhere.”

​"Memoirs by Harry S. Truman: Year of Decisions" covers these events.
  • "Years of Trial and Hope" by Harry S. Truman
"No one who has not had the responsibility can really understand what it is like to be President. There is no end to the chain of responsibility that binds him, and he is never allowed to forget that he is President.

"What kept me going in 1945 was my belief that there is far more good than evil in men and that it is the business of government to make the good prevail.
Link to Review of ​"Years of Trial and Hope" by Truman
"Most of the problems a President has to face have their roots in the past. ... That is why I read and re-read history."

So true, but it appears that Mr. Truman left a lot of problems behind too.
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