Mr. Citizen: Harry S. Truman and the Institutionalization of the Ex-Presidency
Description:
In the last two decades of his life, Harry S. Truman formally established the office of the ex-presidency in the public eye. The goals he wanted to accomplish and the legislation passed to help Truman achieve these aims led the way for Truman and other former presidents to play a significant role in American public life. Men who had occupied the nation's highest office had a great deal to offer their country, and Truman saw to it that he and other former presidents had the financial and the ins…
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Date:
August 1993
Creator:
Woestman, Kelly A. (Kelly Alicia)