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The Watchdog audiobook
- By: Steve Drummond
- Narrator: Steve Drummond
- Category: Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State
- Length: 11 hours 30 minutes
- Publisher: Harlequin Audio
- Publish date: May 09, 2023
- Language: English
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The Watchdog Audiobook Summary
The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman.
Months before Pearl Harbor, Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that the United States was on the verge of entering another world war for which it was dangerously ill-prepared. The urgent times demanded a transformation of the economy, with the government bankrolling the unfathomably expensive task of enlisting millions of citizens while also producing the equipment necessary to successfully fight—all of which opened up opportunities for graft, fraud and corruption.
In The Watchdog, Steve Drummond draws the reader into the fast-paced story of how Harry Truman, still a newcomer to Washington politics, cobbled together a bipartisan team of men and women that took on powerful corporate entities and the Pentagon, placing Truman in the national spotlight and paving his path to the White House.
Drawing on the largely unexamined records of the Truman Committee as well as oral histories, personal letters, newspaper archives and interviews, Steve Drummond—an award-winning senior editor and executive producer at NPR—brings the colorful characters and intrigue of the committee’s work to life. The Watchdog provides readers with a window to a time that was far from perfect but where it was possible to root out corruption and hold those responsible to account. It shows us what can be possible if politicians are governed by the principles of their office rather than self-interest.
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The Watchdog Audiobook Narrator
Steve Drummond is the narrator of The Watchdog audiobook that was written by Steve Drummond
Steve Drummond is a journalist at NPR in Washington, where he has been a senior editor for more than two decades. He has been a reporter with newspapers in Florida and the Associated Press in Michigan and has written for many publications, including the St. Petersburg Times, the Detroit News, the New York Times, Education Week and Teacher Magazine. He lives in Maryland, where he also teaches journalism at the University of Maryland.
About the Author(s) of The Watchdog
Steve Drummond is the author of The Watchdog
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The Watchdog Full Details
| Narrator | Steve Drummond |
| Length | 11 hours 30 minutes |
| Author | Steve Drummond |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Harlequin Audio |
| Release date | May 09, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9781488228063 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Watchdog is Harlequin Audio. includes the following subjects: political science, politics, political history book, harry truman, harry truman books, harry truman history, united states history, presidential history, presidency, president, presidential, presidents, president truman, history books, books about politics, history, world history, American history, us history, america, american presidency, World War Ii, world war 2, world war ii books, WWII, wwii books, father's day gifts, gifts for fathers, gifts for fathers day, gifts for history lovers, gifts history buffs, gifts history lovers, gifts men, history gifts, mens gifts, Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State, History, United States, 20th Century The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Presidents & Heads of State
Additional info
The publisher of the The Watchdog is Harlequin Audio. The imprint is Harlequin Audio. It is supplied by Harlequin Audio. The ISBN-13 is 9781488228063.
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This book is only available in the United States.
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