Truman & MacArthur : policy, politics, and the hunger for honor and renown
"This book offers an objective and comprehensive account of the very public confrontation between a sitting president and a well-known military figure over the military's role in the conduct of foreign policy." "This book explores partisan politics in Washington and the political power of military officers in an administration too weak to carry national policy on its own accord. It also discusses America's relations with European allies and its position toward Formosa (Taiwan), the core of the dispute between Truman and MacArthur."--book jacket
Print Book, English, ©2008
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2008
History
xx, 352 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780253350664, 0253350662
159919446
Truman and MacArthur before Korea
Defense policy on the eve of the Korean War
The war against North Korea : from commitment to the Pusan perimeter
The war against North Korea : from Inchon to the Yalu River
The war against China : winter 1950 to spring 1951
Truman fires MacArthur
Public verdict and consequences : military and political, home and abroad
Ending the war without Truman or MacArthur
Truman and MacArthur : summary, conclusion and postscript