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100 1 _aBrands, H. W.,
_eautor.
245 1 4 _aThe general vs. the president :
_bMacArthur and Truman at the brink of nuclear war /
_cH.W. Brands.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York ;
_aLondon ;
_aToronto :
_bDoubleday,
_c[2016]
300 _a437 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c25 cm
500 _aMaps on endpapers.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPrologue -- Part One. Two Roads up the Mountain -- Part Two. Test of Nerve -- Part Three. An Entirely New War -- Part Four. The General and the President -- Part Five. Fade Away.
520 2 _a"From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, comes the riveting story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur squared off to decide America's future in the aftermath of World War II. At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world. When asked by a reporter about the possible use of atomic weapons in response to China's entry into the war, Truman replied testily, 'The military commander in the field will have charge of the use of the weapons, as he always has.' This 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. 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. Truman was one of the most unpopular presidents in American history. Heir to a struggling economy, a ruined Europe, and increasing tension with the Soviet Union, on no issue was the path ahead clear and easy. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. The lessons he drew from World War II were absolute: appeasement leads to disaster and a showdown with the communists was inevitable--the sooner the better. In the nuclear era, when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third World War lurked menacingly close on the horizon. 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"--
_cProvided by publisher.
600 1 0 _aTruman, Harry S.,
_d1884-1972
_xPolitical and social views.
600 1 0 _aMacArthur, Douglas,
_d1880-1964
_xPolitical and social views.
650 0 _aNuclear warfare
_xGovernment policy
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aPresidents
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aGenerals
_zUnited States
_vBiography.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xInfluence.
650 0 _aCold War
_xPolitical aspects
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aKorean War, 1950-1953
_xDiplomatic history.
650 0 _aKorean War, 1950-1953
_zChina.
650 7 _aHISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aHISTORY / Military / Korean War.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
_2bisacsh
650 4 _aGuerra nuclear
_98904
_xPolítica gubernamental
_ySiglo XX.
_z Estados Unidos
650 4 _aPresidentes
_91546
_vBiografías
_zEstados Unidos
650 4 _aGuerra mundial II, 1939-1945
_93830
651 0 _aUnited States
_xMilitary policy.
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aBrands, H. W., author.
_tGeneral and the president
_bFirst edition.
_dNew York : Doubleday, [2016]
_z9780385540582
_w(DLC) 2016028026
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