LEADER 00000nim a22004935a 4500 003 MWT 005 20211102064735.1 006 m o h 007 sz zunnnnnuned 007 cr nnannnuuuua 008 211101s2020 xxunnn es i n eng d 020 9780062950536 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 020 0062950533 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 029 https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062950536_180.jpeg 028 42 MWT12900238 037 12900238|bMidwest Tape, LLC|nhttp://www.midwesttapes.com 040 Midwest|erda 082 04 973.918092|223 099 eAudiobook hoopla 099 eAudiobook hoopla 100 1 Scarborough, Joe,|eauthor. 245 10 Saving freedom :|bTruman, the Cold War, and the fight for Western civilization|h[Hoopla electronic resource] /|cJoe Scarborough. 250 Unabridged. 264 1 [United States] :|bHarperAudio,|c2020. 264 2 |bMade available through hoopla 300 1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 05 min.)) : |bdigital. 336 spoken word|bspw|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 344 digital|hdigital recording|2rda 347 data file|2rda 506 Digital content provided by hoopla. 511 0 Read by the author. 520 The host of MSNBC's Morning Joe reveals how President Harry Truman defended democracy against the Soviet threat at the dawn of the Cold War. Harry Truman had been vice president for less than three months when President Franklin Roosevelt died. Suddenly inaugurated the leader of the free world, the plainspoken Truman candidly told reporters he, "felt like the moon, the stars, and all the planets had fallen on me. He faced a hostile world stage. Even as World War II drew to a close, the Cold War was around the corner. The Soviet Union went from America's uneasy ally to its number one adversary. Through shrewd diplomacy and military might, Joseph Stalin gained control of Eastern Europe, and soon cast an acquisitive eye toward the Balkans-and beyond. Newly liberated from fascism, Europe's future was again at risk, its freedom on the line. Alarmed by the Soviets' designs, Truman acted. In a speech before a joint session of Congress on March 12, 1947, he announced a policy of containment that became known as the "Truman Doctrine"-a pledge that the United States would "support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures." In Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough moves between events in Washington and those in Europe-in Greece, where the U.S.-backed government was fighting a civil war with insurgent Communists, and in Turkey, where the Soviets pressed for control of the Dardanelles-to analyze and understand the changing geopolitics that led Truman to deliver his momentous speech. The story of the passage of the Truman doctrine is an inspiring tale of American leadership, can-doism, bipartisan unity, and courage in the face of an antidemocratic threat. Saving Freedom highlights a pivotal moment of the Twentieth Century, a turning point where patriotic Americans worked together to defeat tyranny. 538 Mode of access: World Wide Web. 600 10 Truman, Harry S.,|d1884-1972. 650 0 Cold War. 651 0 United States|xForeign relations|y1945-1953. 651 0 United States|xPolitics and government|y1945-1953. 651 0 United States|xForeign economic relations|zEurope. 700 1 Scarborough, Joe. 710 2 hoopla digital. 856 40 |uhttps://www.hoopladigital.com/title/ 12900238?utm_source=MARC|zInstantly available on hoopla. 856 42 |zCover image|uhttps://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/ hpc_9780062950536_180.jpeg