The Buck Stops Here is a collection of warm, intimate stories about Harry Truman and his administration and beyond, by David M. Noyes, an intimate friend and advisor to the President. Mr. Noyes never pulled any punches with Mr. Truman, who preferred it that way and the two did that for 30 years. The Noyes memoirs, while warm and intimate, are truly an insider's account, and for that reason was kept inaccessible to scholars for many years. They are written from the view of a worldly writer, privileged to be as close to the President as he was. They reflect this closeness.
The Buck Stops Here is an inside look at how President Truman dealt with JFK, the Baptists, the Catholics, Joseph Stalin, George Marshall, Dean Acheson, and others, in a richly readable historical context.
David Noyes agonized with Mr. Truman over the many decisions he had to make and tells of discussions and arguments on the atom bomb, Marshall Plan, Dean Acheson, NATO, start of the CIA, and much more, never published before.
