Award-winning author D. M. Giangreco is an editor for the U. S. Army's professional journal, Military Review, and the author of numerous military history books. His most recent award was the Moncado Prize by the Society of Military History for his article Kathryn Moore, formerly a historical interpreter at Colonial Williamsburg, teaches history in Lee's Summit, Missouri.
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"A splendid read.... The accompanying text is clear, interpretive, and well worth reading in its own right. Readers will also find more than a few surprises such as the discovery of an exchange between Truman and his senior advisors on the possibility that the planned invasion of Japan could cost up to 1,000,000 American lives." - Robert James Maddox, author of Weapons for Victory: The Hiroshima Decision 50 Years Later--Robert James Maddox, author of Weapons for Victory: The Hiroshima Decision 50 Years Later "Dear Harry taps into the Truman era in a way no other book has. It is a grand collection, lively, full of surprise, insight, humor, and humanity. In all, a very welcome event." --David McCullough, author of Truman