03226nam 2200637 a 450 991082847800332120230721032611.01-281-72644-3978661172644798702530001870-253-00018-1(CKB)1000000000536123(EBL)348675(OCoLC)476163720(SSID)ssj0000262610(PQKBManifestationID)11215355(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262610(PQKBWorkID)10286492(PQKB)11153419(MiAaPQ)EBC348675(OCoLC)248525535(MdBmJHUP)muse16573(Au-PeEL)EBL348675(CaPaEBR)ebr10235118(CaONFJC)MIL172644(EXLCZ)99100000000053612320070726d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTruman & MacArthur[electronic resource] policy, politics, and the hunger for honor and renown /Michael D. PearlmanBloomington Indiana University Pressc20081 online resource (377 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-35066-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index.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; IndexTruman 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 cKorean War, 1950-1953United StatesCivil-military relationsUnited StatesHistory20th centuryExecutive powerUnited StatesHistory20th centuryUnited StatesPolitics and government1945-1953Korean War, 1950-1953Civil-military relationsHistoryExecutive powerHistory951.904/24092273Pearlman Michael D(Michael David),1944-1116257MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910828478003321Truman & MacArthur3954794UNINA