Well, Truman certainly had his share of crises . . . succeeding FDR, Korea, Israel, dropping the bomb, firing MacArther etc. But he managed with confidence and actionable decisions which he never questioned. I thought the author Miller was a bit too stuck on himself (Miller) and that turned me off a bit. Two surprises (1) what remains puzzling to me is why Truman hated Ike so much. In the biography of Eisenhower by Ambrose and in Crusade for Europe by Eisenhower, no such animosity was mentioned. Truman denies ever offering support to Ike as a candidate for president while both Ambrose and Ike both report the support in their works, and (2) Truman's destruction of files relating to Marshall, Ike and Kay Summersby. I'll let you read that for yourself.