Cocktails with HarryWhile written as an oral history of Harry S. Truman, Plain Speaking flows like a morality play in which a hero imparts life lessons and reveals his inner self to one gradually won over by his goodness. But can you trust what you read?
Merle
Miller was hired in 1961 by television producer David Susskind to interview
Truman for a documentary. Miller had been a published critic of Truman, in particular his decisions to drop atomic bombs on Japan. Yet over time, as the two had a series of
meetings to discuss this Truman TV project, Miller found much to like about
Give ‘em Hell Harry.
