Korea and the Fall of MacArthur : a précis in limited war.

It goes without saying that the nature of the Korean War has accentuated enormously the controversy between the Truman Administration and General MacArthur. Indeed, with the passage of time the war itself has become the focus of contemporary debate. It was not a war that mobilized the emotional and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Higgins, Trumbull
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1960.
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Table of Contents:
  • The anticipations, 1945-1950
  • The choice, June 1950
  • Land war and preventive war, July-August 1950
  • An option of difficulties, Summer 1950
  • The frontiers of containment, September 15-October 15, 1950
  • Dizziness from success, October 16-November 28, 1950
  • An entirely new war, November 28, 1950-January 17, 1951
  • The recall, February 1-April 11, 1951
  • The insubordinate?
  • Total victory
  • The wrong war
  • Triumph and tragedy.