General MacArthur and President Truman

General MacArthur and President Truman
Author: Richard H. Rovere
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2022-02-14
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781000677027

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This book was first published in 1951 as The General and the President after President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur in the midst of the Korean War -a memorably explosive incident in American political history. But its significance extends far beyond a dramatic episode in the nation's past. This literate and ironic work continues to be an invaluable guide to the conflict between civilian and military authority, and it illuminates later and currentcontroversies over the role the United States should play in Asian affairs. This new edition is graced by a remarkable introductory essay by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The text is reprinted from the 1965 republication under the title The MacArthur Controversy, that is, the book as originally written with a few tenses altered and a few topical allusions deleted. General MacArthur and President Truman will be of special interest to students of American diplomacy, politics, and culture and to all concerned with the relationship between the armed forces and larger society.

The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy

The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy
Author: Richard Halworth Rovere,Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Jr.)
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1965
Genre: Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN: STANFORD:36105035146930

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Relates the MacArthur-Truman conflict to the development of American foreign policy toward China in the war and postwar eras.

The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy

The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy
Author: Richard Halworth Rovere,Arthur M. Schlesinger
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1965
Genre: Electronic Book
ISBN: OCLC:249351635

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Truman and MacArthur

Truman and MacArthur
Author: Michael D. Pearlman
Publsiher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 376
Release: 2008-03-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780253000187

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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 collapse the Chinese communist regime in Beijing, General Douglas MacArthur, the commander of the Far East Theater, pressed the administration of President Harry S. Truman for authorization to launch an invasion of China across the Taiwan straits. Truman refused; MacArthur began to argue his case in the press, a challenge to the tradition of civilian control of the military. He moved his protest into the partisan political arena by supporting the Republican opposition to Truman in Congress. This violated the President's fundamental tenet that war and warriors should be kept separate from politicians and electioneering. On April 11, 1951 he finally removed MacArthur from command. Viewing these events through the eyes of the participants, this book explores partisan politics in Washington and addresses the issues of 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 long-standing root of the dispute between Truman and MacArthur.

The Truman MacArthur Controversy and the Korean War

The Truman MacArthur Controversy and the Korean War
Author: John W. Spanier
Publsiher: Cambridge, Mass : Belknap Press
Total Pages: 336
Release: 1959
Genre: Civil supremacy over the military
ISBN: STANFORD:36105070610360

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Describes the progress of the Korean War from June 1950 to July 1951, and the relations between the political aims of the war and the military strategy.

The Truman MacArthur Controversy a Study in Political military Relations

The Truman MacArthur Controversy  a Study in Political military Relations
Author: Allen R. Potter
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 438
Release: 1972
Genre: Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN: IND:32000009257058

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The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy

The MacArthur Controversy and American Foreign Policy
Author: Richard Halworth Rovere,Arthur Meier Schlesinger (Jr.)
Publsiher: Unknown
Total Pages: 392
Release: 1965
Genre: Korean War, 1950-1953
ISBN: UOM:39015002677121

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Relates the MacArthur-Truman conflict to the development of American foreign policy toward China in the war and postwar eras.

Truman MacArthur and the Korean War

Truman  MacArthur  and the Korean War
Author: Dennis Wainstock
Publsiher: Praeger
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1999-09-30
Genre: History
ISBN: UOM:39015041886014

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A general history of the critical first year of the Korean War, this study deals primarily with relations between General Douglas MacArthur and President Harry S. Truman from June 1950 to April 1951, a period that defined the war's direction until General Mark Clark, the final U.N. Commander, signed the Armistice two years later. Although the ever-changing military situation is outlined, the main focus is on policymaking and the developing friction between Truman and MacArthur. Wainstock contradicts the common view that MacArthur and Truman were constantly at odds on the basic aims of the war. In the matter of carrying the fight to Communist China, MacArthur and the Joint Chiefs differed only on timing, not on the need for such action. The end of the Cold War has provided historians with a better opportunity to study the forces that shaped the thinking of America's leaders at the time of the Korean War. The sheer quantity of material now available, while daunting, is filled with colorful and outstanding personalities, dramatic action, and momentous actions that have had an impact on world events even to the present day. Wainstock ultimately concludes that Washington placed too much emphasis on anti-Communist ideology, rather than long-term national interest, in the decision first to intervene in the war and later to cross the crucial 38th Parallel. He also emphasizes the important contributions of General Matthew B. Ridgway in stopping the Chinese offensive and in influencing Washington's decision not to carry the war to Communist China.