BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:294@bluehillpeninsula.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20160223T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20160223T120000 DTSTAMP:20160105T155519Z URL:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/events/colloquy-downeast-harry-s-truman- 4/ SUMMARY:Colloquy Downeast - Harry S Truman DESCRIPTION:Facilitator – Tim Thomas\nDate and Time – Tuesdays\, 10:00a m – 12:00pm\, February 2\, 9\, 16\, 23.\nLocation – Howard Room\, Blue Hill Public Library\n\nThis colloquy will reflect upon the life of Harry S. Truman — from farm boy to plain-speaking president of the Unites Stat es. Readings will include a biography of Truman and essays on various topi cs including the atomic bomb\, the Potsdam conference\, the Marshall Plan\ , the Truman Doctrine and Berlin airlift and other events from the end of World War II to the beginnings of the Cold War and the Korean War. Film cl ips of Truman will also be seen. Also\, the colloquy will consider his fri ends—among others Pendergast to Acheson and Marshall. At the end\, parti cipants may be asked to consider how an ordinary man could achieve such ex traordinary results.\nTo Participants in the Harry S. Truman Colloquy\nWel come to the Colloquy. For most of us\, the Colloquy will revisit events oc curring when we were in school or college. In this sense it will be a hist ory of the Cold War\, the Korean War\, recognition of Israel\, founding of the UN\, and many domestic issues arising after World War II. As basic te xts\, I am suggesting either of Man of the People\, A Life of Harry S. Tru man by Alonzo L. Hanby (Oxford University Press 1995) or Truman by David M cCullough (Simon &\; Schuster 1992). Both are lengthy\, but as we go I can suggest some nuggets in each that should not be skipped over lightly. Both books are available in paperback. In each biography\, you are reading of historical events but also of the character and personality of Harry T ruman.\n\nThere is a lot to consider in four short meetings. Hopefully\, w e can be guided by the following schedule:\n\n Session I. Ancestors\, Fami ly\, Education\, Social Life\, Army Service\, Marriage and Politics\, Sena te and his reelection to second term in pages 3-248 (Hanby) or 15-252 (McC ullough).\n Session II. Emergence of Senator Truman\, Election as Vice-Pre sident and subsequently becoming president\, Challenges of the office and the world\, in pages 249-451 (Hanby) or 253-620 (McCullough).\n Session II I. Election of 1948\, Korea\, Israel\, Jos. McCarthy\, Gen. MacArthur\, Li fe Style and family\, “Scandals\,” NATO in pages 451-599 (Hanby) or 62 1-856 (McCullough).\n Session IV. Leaving the White House and Looking back in pages 599-641 (Hanby) or 857-992 (McCullough).\nIf you are looking for something less hefty than the Hanby or McCullough biographies\, you might consider one of the following:Harry S. Truman by Robert Dallek (Henry Hol t &\; Co. 2008)\; or Citizen Soldier by Aida D. Donald (Basic Books 201 2).\n\nFor comments by and about President Truman\, Plain Speaking by Merl e Miller (Tess Press 1974) is a gathering of comments by him on the numero us personalities with whom he had contact\, about the events of his life a nd comments of others about him and what he had done. These offer special insights into Truman’s personality. Another book with numerous reflectio ns by Truman on history and persons is Where the Buck Stops edited by his daughter Margaret Truman (Warner books 1989). LOCATION:Howard Room\, Blue Hill Public Library\, 5 Parker Point Rd\, Blue Hill\, United States GEO:44.4118843;-68.5900689 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=5 Parker Point Rd\, Blue Hi ll\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Howard Room\, Blue Hill Publ ic Library:geo:44.4118843,-68.5900689 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR