The Truman-MacArthur controversy and the Korean War.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass., Belknap Press, 1959.Description: xii, 311 p. illus. 24 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 951.9042
LOC classification:
  • DS919 .S62
Contents:
Part One: Introduction -- Clausewitzian realism and American liberalism -- I. Civil-military relations and limited war -- Part Two: The Korean War, June to November 1950: the period of North Korean aggression -- II. The North Korean attack: communist "liberation" and American "containment" -- III. Domestic politics and Formosa: the republican Drang Nach Westen -- IV. MacArthur, Formosa, and Inchon: the many-splendored general -- V. Crossing the 38th parallel: the point of no return -- VI. Wake Island: the eagle's two heads -- VII. The "home by Christmas" offensive: prelude to disaster -- Part Three: The Korean War, December 1950 to April 1951: the period of Chinese Communist intervention -- VIII. The MacArthur-Taft alliance: the great debate -- IX. The allies seek peace: Mr. Attlee and Mao Tse-Tito -- X. China's condemnation and MacArthur's dismissal: Harry Truman, middleman -- Part Four: The MacArthur hearings -- XI: MacArthure returns: the eagle reclaimed -- XII: The general's prosecution: rebel with a cause -- XIII. The administration's defense: the meek shall inherit -- XIV. Truman versus MacArthur: Achilles rebound.
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Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. 281-297) Bibliography: p. 298-306.

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Part One: Introduction -- Clausewitzian realism and American liberalism -- I. Civil-military relations and limited war -- Part Two: The Korean War, June to November 1950: the period of North Korean aggression -- II. The North Korean attack: communist "liberation" and American "containment" -- III. Domestic politics and Formosa: the republican Drang Nach Westen -- IV. MacArthur, Formosa, and Inchon: the many-splendored general -- V. Crossing the 38th parallel: the point of no return -- VI. Wake Island: the eagle's two heads -- VII. The "home by Christmas" offensive: prelude to disaster -- Part Three: The Korean War, December 1950 to April 1951: the period of Chinese Communist intervention -- VIII. The MacArthur-Taft alliance: the great debate -- IX. The allies seek peace: Mr. Attlee and Mao Tse-Tito -- X. China's condemnation and MacArthur's dismissal: Harry Truman, middleman -- Part Four: The MacArthur hearings -- XI: MacArthure returns: the eagle reclaimed -- XII: The general's prosecution: rebel with a cause -- XIII. The administration's defense: the meek shall inherit -- XIV. Truman versus MacArthur: Achilles rebound.