Truman Center Sponsors Book and Author Event

Author Lawrence J. Haas to Discuss ‘Harry and Arthur: Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World’

The Harry S Truman Center for Governmental Affairs at the University of Missouri-Kansas City is a supporting partner for an upcoming book and author event focused on bipartisanship in foreign policy after world War II.

The National Archives at Kansas City will host author Lawrence J. Haas for a discussion of his book Harry and Arthur: Truman, Vandenberg, and the Partnership That Created the Free World. The event takes place at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19 at the Archives, 400 W. Pershing Road, Kansas City, Mo. A free light reception will precede the discussion at 6 p.m.

Following the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman and Sen. Arthur Vandenberg, a Republican from Michigan, worked closely together to create a new U.S. foreign policy. Lawrence J. Haas, Senior Fellow for U. S. Foreign Policy at the American Foreign Policy Council, will discuss how Truman and Vandenberg built a tight partnership with one another to meet the emerging Soviet threat and to rebuild Europe.

Working in strong bipartisan fashion at a bitterly partisan time, they crafted a dramatic new foreign policy through which the United States stepped boldly onto the world stage for the first time to protect its friends by containing Soviet expansionism, and to promote freedom and prosperity through such means as the United Nations and the Marshall Plan. These two men—unlikely partners by way of personality and style—transformed the United States from a reluctant global giant to a self-confident leader; from a nation that traditionally turned inward after war to one that remained engaged to shape the postwar landscape; and from a nation with no real military establishment to one that now spends more on defense than the next dozen nations combined.

To make a reservation for this free event email kansascity.educate@nara.gov or call 816-268-8000. Requests for ADA accommodations must be submitted five business days prior to events. This program is presented in partnership with the UMKC Truman Center, the Truman Presidential Library, and the International Relations Council.


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