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Author:

Pearlman, Michael D. (Michael David), 1944-

Title:

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

Publisher:

Indiana University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2008

Description:

xx, 352 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

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

Notes:

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

Contents:

Truman and MacArthur before Korea -- Defense policy on the eve of the Korean War -- The war against North Korea : from commitment to the Pusan perimeter -- The war against North Korea : from Inchon to the Yalu River -- The war against China : winter 1950 to spring 1951 -- Truman fires MacArthur -- Public verdict and consequences : military and political, home and abroad -- Ending the war without Truman or MacArthur -- Truman and MacArthur : summary, conclusion and postscript.

ISBN:

0253350662 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780253350664 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)159919446

LCCN:

2007030658

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UVAX975 -- Western Iowa Tech Library (Sioux City)