a failed liberal Presidency of a small, if tough, little man.
His actions may have been the only choices, in each case, but they were the actions and choices of a failed policy, not a winning policy. The Truman administration didn't win anything. At best it can be argued that they set the stage for the winning of the "long struggle" some 40 years later. Others would argue that his failures and inadequacies led to 40 years of corruption and the imprisonment or death of millions. We can never know. We do know he didn't win anything while he was President based on his own policies (except his defeat of MacArthur... great legacy).
One question, in hindsight (I know, we can't change what happened then) what do you think he could have done better?