Harry arthur truman vandenberg and the partnership that created the free world by lawrence j haas potomac books university of nebraska press april 2016 isbn 9 781612 348124 304 pages including notes and bibliography. With franklin roosevelts death in april of 1945 vice president harry truman and sen arthur vandenberg the republican leader on foreign policy inherited a world in turmoil with europe flattened and the soviets emerging as americas new adversary truman and vandenberg built a tight partnership with one another to address the challenges at hand. In the aftermath of world war ii harry truman and arthur vandenberg democrat and republican worked together to shape the institutions the un the marshall plan nato that created the free world. Harry and arthur truman vandenberg and the partnership that created the free world