Truman & MacArthur : policy, politics, and the hunger for honor and renown / Michael D. Pearlman

Englisch

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2008

Online-Ressource (xx, 352 p) : ill., maps ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index

Print version: Truman and MacArthur : Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown

0-253-35066-2

978-0-253-35066-4

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-0-253-35066-4 (Druckausgabe)

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

*Koreakrieg / Korea / Krieg / Truman, Harry S.< 1884-1972> / MacArthur, Douglas < 1880-1964> / USA / Außenpolitik

*United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953 ; MacArthur, Douglas -- 1880-1964 ; Korean War, 1950-1953 -- United States ; Executive power -- United States -- History -- 20th century ; Truman, Harry S -- 1884-1972 ; Civil-military relations -- United States -- History -- 20th century

*Civil-military relations ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; Executive power ; United States ; History ; 20th century ; Korean War, 1950-1953 ; United States ; MacArthur, Douglas ; 1880-1964 ; Truman, Harry S. ; 1884-1972 ; United States ; Politics and government ; 1945-1953 ; Electronic books

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: DS919

Dewey Dezimal-Klassifikation: 951.904/24092273;

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 coll

 

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