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Author of the new book PRESIDENTS OF WAR (Crown). Nine books. @NBCNews Presidential Historian. Contributor PBS @NewsHour. Williams College. Born Chicago.

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    Michael Beschloss‏Verified account @BeschlossDC 12 Apr 2013

    Harry Truman becomes President today 1945 (would have been Henry Wallace, 3d from left, had FDR died 3 mos earlier):pic.twitter.com/7fkfoTt8Ff

    6:11 AM - 12 Apr 2013
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      1. François Heisbourg‏ @FHeisbourg 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC Henry Wallace instead of Harry S Truman? a really Interesting counterfactual...

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      1. Thankful SWNID  🦃‏ @SWNID 14 Apr 2013
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        @BeschlossDC Thank God and the leaders of the Democratic Party that it wasn't Wallace!

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      1. KEVIN 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈‏ @kgwrotethis 13 Apr 2013
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        @BeschlossDC pointless presidential pfacts on this event: http://kgwrotethis.blogspot.com/2013/04/pointless-presidential-pfacts-33-33rd.html …

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      2. GCinDC‏ @grcanty 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC Really is astonishing picture. Everybody's there, Joe Martin as well as Rayburn. Whose portrait is in background?

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      3. RealTrumanDem‏ @RealTrumanDem 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @grcanty

        @grcanty @BeschlossDC Woodrow Wilson.

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      2. China Kennedy‏ @ChinaKennedy 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @BeschlossDC

        @BeschlossDC The world would have been less painful if Truman didn't become president. No atomic overkill Japan, No PRC. No Korean War, etc.

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      3. GCinDC‏ @grcanty 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @ChinaKennedy

        @ChinaKennedy @beschlossdc Umm... No. No Marshall Plan, no NATO, isolationism, no post-war recovery in Japan or Europe.... Lucky we got HST

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      4. China Kennedy‏ @ChinaKennedy 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @grcanty

        @grcanty @BeschlossDC Truman sold Republic of China who helped US as an ally to appease Soviet. FDR is #2 my favorite President. #1 Lincoln.

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      5. RealTrumanDem‏ @RealTrumanDem 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @ChinaKennedy

        @ChinaKennedy @grcanty @BeschlossDC Your logic: the nation/world wld hve been less painful if Lincoln didn't become prez: No Civil War, etc.

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      6. China Kennedy‏ @ChinaKennedy 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @RealTrumanDem

        @RealTrumanDem @grcanty @BeschlossDC Doesn't 1.5 million citizens lined up to welcome general MacArthur tell you something? No pain no gain.

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      7. RealTrumanDem‏ @RealTrumanDem 12 Apr 2013
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        @ChinaKennedy @grcanty @BeschlossDC It tells me & evry historian since that 1.5M citizens were ignorant abt MacArthur's treasonous behavior

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      8. China Kennedy‏ @ChinaKennedy 12 Apr 2013
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        @RealTrumanDem @grcanty @BeschlossDC Why did Korea armistice signed in July 1953?1) Communists lost Iron Triangle 2) Eisenhower inaugurated

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      1. Paul_Newsom‏ @Paul_News 12 Apr 2013
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        @JohnJHarwood @BeschlossDC "The price of peace--for us and every nation in the world-- is the (cont) http://tl.gd/lhnkns 

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      2. Jeremy Reeves‏ @ReevesU 12 Apr 2013
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        @BeschlossDC who's smiling?

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      3. RealTrumanDem‏ @RealTrumanDem 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @ReevesU

        @ReevesU @BeschlossDC FDR had died just hours before. We were a nation in mourning. And all of those ppl in tbe pic were friends of FDR.

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      4. Jeremy Reeves‏ @ReevesU 12 Apr 2013
        Replying to @RealTrumanDem

        @RealTrumanDem @beschlossdc I know. Just noticed the guy smiling in back

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