General MacArthur and President Truman The Struggle for Control of American Foreign Policy

Richard H. Rovere, "General MacArthur and President Truman: The Struggle for Control of American Foreign Policy"
English | ISBN: 1560006099 | | 362 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
This book was first published in 1951 as The General and the President after President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur in the midst of the Korean War -a memorably explosive incident in American political history. But its significance extends far beyond a dramatic episode in the nation’s past. This literate and ironic work continues to be an invaluable guide to the conflict between civilian and military authority, and it illuminates later and currentcontroversies over the role the United States should play in Asian affairs. This new edition is graced by a remarkable introductory essay by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. The text is reprinted from the 1965 republication under the title The