The Civil Liberties of Harry S. Truman

This book features the great importance of civil liberties in the American system of government from one president's sense of the significance of one aspect of the American Constitution, the Bill of Rights. It is about the challenges to the Bill of Rights that came from the Cold War and the Red Scare. Contributors in this volume recognize that President Truman had shortcomings in this area, but he respected concerns about national security as well as liberty. He also worked hard to persuade Americans in and out of government that civil liberties must be respected.