Korea and the fall of MacArthur
Subtitle: a précis in limited war.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1960
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 229
Subjects: MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Korean War, 1950-1953
Description: It goes without saying that the nature of the Korean War has accentuated enormously the controversy between the Truman Administration and General MacArthur. Indeed, with the passage of time the war itself has become the focus of contemporary debate. It was not a war that mobilized the emotional and physical energies of the entire American people. Not only was it a limited war; it was a most peculiar kind of limited war. It was an undeclared war against an unidentified enemy. Its aims were generally uncomprehended, possibly because they were never adequately explained by the Truman Administration. And the conduct of the war was as equivocal as its purpose. - Preface.