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[H.W. Brands] ↠ The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War ✓ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. 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. 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. 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
| Title | : | The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.30 (529 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385540574 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-08-01 |
| Language | : | English |
forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. 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. 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. 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. General MacArthur, by contrast, was incredibly popular, as untouchable as any officer has ever been in America. 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 t
"The clash of wills between two volatile men makes for compelling history" according to Michael Birman. The death of Franklin Roosevelt as World War Two entered its final stages thrust a little known Vice-President onto the world stage. Coarse where Roosevelt was refined, usually described by a skeptical press as a "failed haberdasher" and known for building a political career with the help of the Kansas City Democratic machine led by corrupt party boss Tom Pendergast (and later sarcastically hailed as "the senator from Pendergast"), little was expected from a Truman presidency as he assumed office with the war still r. Geoff Arnold said Clarity and insight.. I asked a few of my friends what they knew about Truman and MacArthur in the Korean War. All are well read in history; they all had an answer. And for most it was "MacArthur wanted to use nuclear weapons against China," (or North Korea, or Russia), "and Truman wasn't willing to use the bomb, so he had to fire MacArthur." And while there's a bit of truth to each part of their answers, that's not really how it all played out. And I think all of them would love to read "The General vs. the President".This is a wonderful. James Hiller said Interested in Korea? This is your book. A long time fan of Truman, I was excited to be offered this book from Amazon Vine. After finishing the book, I did enjoy the story but felt like it didn't really cover much new information,This book is a journey through the complicated relationship between Truman and General Douglas MacArthur. Truman, plain speaking and honest, naturally would have butted heads against the ego and swagger of the general in the field. Brands starts off the story with Truman assuming his presidency after the death of FDR, and MacArthur
Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. Blanton Sr. . 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. BRANDS holds the Jack S. W. H
A brilliant writer who knows how to make history come alive, Brands takes us behind the scenes as Truman and MacArthur debate the issues that would define the course of the Cold War, including the use of atomic weapons. Highly recommended.”—Michael Dobbs, author of Six Months in 1945: From World War to Cold War “At last, one of the most dramatic and significant events in modern American history—President Truman’s dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur from command of UN forces in Korea in April 1951—gets the dramatic and significant account it d
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