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David mccullough has twice received the pulitzer prize, for truman and john adams, and twice received the national book award, for the path between the seas and mornings on horseback. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of japan to the outbreak of the cold war and the korean war, told by americas. His notable works included truman 1992, john adams 2001, 1776 2005, and the wright brothers 2015. Secretary of state dean acheson, by far the strongest, most brilliant, and most controversial member of trumans cabinet through all of the second term.
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