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Student Research Files
The Student Research File topics are listed below. Each topic includes between 500 and 1000 pages of documents from the Truman Library's holdings selected by the archives staff as being the most important documents on its subject. They are arranged in an approximate chronological order.
- Harry Truman's World War I
- From Soldier to Senator: Harry S. Truman, 1918-1941
- Renovation of the White House, 1945-52.
- Planning for the Postwar World: President Truman at the Potsdam Conference, July 17-August 2, 1945.
- United States Policy in Occupied Germany After World War II: Denazification, Decartelization, Demilitarization and Democratization.
- The Decision to Drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan
- The War Relocation Authority and the Incarceration of Japanese-Americans During World War II.
- President Truman and the Plight of Displaced Persons in Europe Following World War II.
- Demobilization and Reconversion: Rebuilding a Peace-time Economy Following World War II.
- The War Crimes Trials at Nuremberg and Tokyo, 1945-48.
- The United Nations, 1945-53: The Development of a World Organization.
- Creating a Pluralistic Democracy in Japan: The Occupation Government, 1945-52.
- Prelude to Conflict: United States Policy Toward Korea, 1945-1950.
- The Development of an Atomic Weapons Program Following World War II.
- The Chinese Civil War: General George C. Marshall's Mission to China, 1945-47.
- The Quest for the Peaceful Atom: The Baruch Plan and the Atomic Energy Act of 1946.
- The Attempt to Achieve Stable Economic Growth During the Truman Administration.
- The Debate Over Labor Policy: President Truman's Battle with Congress Over Passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, January-June 1947.
- The Truman Administration's Agricultural Pol