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Title The general vs. the president : MacArthur and Truman at the brink of nuclear war / H.W. Brands
Author Brands, H. W.
Imprint New York : Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017
©2016

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Edition First Anchor books edition
Descript 437 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references and index
"At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world, when he suggested that General Douglas MacArthur, the willful, fearless, and highly decorated commander of the American and U.N. forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. At a time when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third World War lurked menacingly close on the horizon. A correction quickly followed, but the damage was done; two visions for America's path forward were clearly in opposition, and one man would have to make way. The contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, The General and the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era."-- Provided by publisher
Subject Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972 -- Political and social views
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Political and social views
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
1900-talet
1900-1999
Kärnvapenkrigföring
Historia
Militärhistoria
Koreakriget 1950-1953
Politiska och sociala åsikter
Presidenter
Nuclear warfare -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Presidents -- United States -- Biography
Generals -- United States -- Biography
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence
Cold War -- Political aspects -- United States
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Diplomatic history
Korean War, 1950-1953 -- China
Generals -- United States -- Biography
Presidents.
Military policy.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Generals.
Diplomatic history.
Political and social views.
Korean War, 1950-1953.
Military history.
History.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
HISTORY -- Military -- Korean War.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Presidents & Heads of State.
Nuclear warfare -- Government policy.
Förenta staterna
United States -- Military policy
United States.
China.
United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States -- History.
History.
Biographies.
Biographies.
Biografi
Classmark 973
ISBN/ISSN 9781101912171 (paperback)
1101912170 (paperback)
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