Macarthur's War: The Flawed Genius Who Challenged The American Political System Hardback - 2013

Details

• Title Macarthur's War: The Flawed Genius Who Challenged The American Political System
• Author Alexander, Bevin
• Binding Hardback
• Edition First Edition
• Pages 248
• Language EN
• Publisher Berkley Hardcover, United States
• Date 2013-05-07
• ISBN 9780425261200

“Bevin Alexander has written a stirring and insightful account of General Douglas MacArthur’s controversial role in the Korean War that culminated . . . in one of the most dramatic incidents in American military history.”—Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A Genius for War

“Bevin Alexander’s Macarthur’s War is a superbly written, blow-by-blow account of the most controversial civil-military clash in American history. His riveting narrative pulls no punches as it reveals how the feisty U.S. president confronted America’s most revered military hero against the backdrop of brutal Korean War combat.”—Colonel Jerry D. Morelock, PhD, U.S. Army (ret.), and editor in chief of Armchair General

“When President Harry Truman relieved General Douglas MacArthur of all his military commands at the height of the Korean War, it was a seminal moment in American history…Bevin Alexander’s hard-hitting narrative captures in vivid detail the elements of that contest, as well as the chain of significant events that produced it…MacArthur’s War is a valuable account of a chapter in the Cold War that we must never forget.”—Harry J. Middleton, founding director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at the University of Texas, and author of LBJ: The White House Years