Central to post-war renewal, his pale blue Pelican titles sold a staggering 250m copies.
After the war, urban renewal programs and large-scale new housing estates attempted to accommodate increasing population, rising incomes, and the inexorable growth in automobile traffic.
They have also cultivated the left by stridently opposing the Iraq war, the renewal of Trident nuclear missiles (which are based in Scotland) and new nuclear power stations.
The stalemated Korean War, a renewal of inflation, and the continuing Red Scare persuaded Truman not to stand for reelection in 1952 and also gravely handicapped Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois, the Democratic nominee.
But she underlined that she's been ready to criticize her party's leaders too, notably on Iraq (she voted against the war), the renewal of Trident, tuition fees and more recently its "push to the right" on immigration.
Cuts in spending on ID cards, the Afghan war, Trident renewal and corporate welfare would be widely welcomed – as would the major savings to be had from slashing the vast infrastructure of bureaucracy, quangos and private consultancies built up to administer the marketisation and outsourcing of public services over the past couple of decades.
Brian McClinton Lisburn, Belfast The pretext for the bombing of Syria is to defend British streets and to show solidarity with the people of Paris, but this just provides an opportunity to pursue the real cause of the war: a renewal of Britain's subordinate relationship with the United States.
The Red Scare, the stalemated Korean War, and a renewal of inflation gravely handicapped Stevenson, who fought a vigorous campaign.
Or, of course, we can reject it and turn in the other direction towards war and a renewal of the Troubles.
Taya Kyle is about to shine a spotlight on life as a military widow, with the publication in May of American Wife: A Memoir of Love, War, Faith and Renewal, and a carefully coordinated publicity campaign.
That torch would become the trust's emblem and it is heartening to know the symbol of post-war optimism and renewal still inspires people today.
