Truman and MacArthur
Subtitle: Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: April 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780253350664
Subjects: American history; American history: from c 1900 -; Biography & Autobiography; Military life & institutions; History; History - Military / War; USA; Military - Korean War; Military - United States; Military; United States - 20th Century; 20th century; Civil-military relations; Executive power; Korean War, 1950-1953; United States
Description: "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.