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Truman & MacArthur : policy, politics, and the hunger for honor and renown / Michael D. Pearlman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pearlman, Michael D. (Michael David), 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--United States.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Civil-military relations--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil-military relations.
- Executive power--United States--History--20th century.
- Executive power.
- United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.
- United States.
- Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
- Truman, Harry S.
- MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
- MacArthur, Douglas.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (377 p.)
- Other Title:
- Truman and MacArthur
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Truman and MacArthur offers an objective and comprehensive account of the very public confrontation between a sitting president and a well-known general over the military's role in the conduct of foreign policy. In November 1950, with the army of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea mostly destroyed, Chinese military forces crossed the Yalu River. They routed the combined United Nations forces and pushed them on a long retreat down the Korean peninsula. Hoping to strike a decisive blow that would c
- Contents:
- cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; List of Abbreviations; 1 Truman and MacArthur, before Korea; 2 Defense Policy on the Eve of the Korean War; 3 The War against North Korea:From Commitment to the Pusan Perimeter; 4 The War against North Korea:From Inchon to the Yalu River; 5 The War against China: Winter 1950 to Spring 1951; 6 Truman Fires MacArthur; 7 Public Verdict and Consequences:Military and Political, Home and Abroad; 8 Ending the War without Truman or MacArthur; 9 Truman and MacArthur:Summary, Conclusion, and Postscript; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-281-72644-3
- 9786611726447
- 9870253000187
- 0-253-00018-1
- OCLC:
- 476163720
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