LEADER 03259nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910454453203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-72644-3 010 $a9786611726447 010 $a9870253000187 010 $a0-253-00018-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000536123 035 $a(EBL)348675 035 $a(OCoLC)476163720 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000262610 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11215355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000262610 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10286492 035 $a(PQKB)11153419 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC348675 035 $a(OCoLC)248525535 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse16573 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL348675 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10235118 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL172644 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000536123 100 $a20070726d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aTruman & MacArthur$b[electronic resource] $epolicy, politics, and the hunger for honor and renown /$fMichael D. Pearlman 210 $aBloomington $cIndiana University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (377 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-253-35066-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index. 327 $acover; 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 330 $aTruman 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 c 606 $aKorean War, 1950-1953$zUnited States 606 $aCivil-military relations$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aExecutive power$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 607 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government$y1945-1953 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aKorean War, 1950-1953 615 0$aCivil-military relations$xHistory 615 0$aExecutive power$xHistory 676 $a951.904/24092273 700 $aPearlman$b Michael D$g(Michael David),$f1944-$0968118 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454453203321 996 $aTruman & MacArthur$92198719 997 $aUNINA