The General vs. the President
MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War
From master storyteller and historian H. W. Brands 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 co…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-385-54057-5
- EAN: 9780385540575
- Produktnummer: 19551026
- Verlag: Random House N.Y.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 448 S.
- Masse: H24.4 cm x B17.0 cm x D3.8 cm 807 g
- Gewicht: 807
Über den Autor
H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.
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