The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by Brands, H. W.
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by Brands, H. W.

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War comes the...
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Author: H. W. Brands
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The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by Brands, H. W.

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

$50.08
The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War by Brands, H. W.

The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War

$50.08
Author: H. W. Brands
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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From the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of Our First Civil War 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.

"A highly readable take on the clash of two titanic figures in a period of hair-trigger nuclear tensions.... History offers few antagonists with such dramatic contrasts, and Brands brings these two to life." --Los Angeles Times

At the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. Truman committed a gaffe that sent shock waves around the world, when he 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. At a time when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third World War lurked menacingly close on the horizon. 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.

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.

Author: H. W. Brands
Publisher: Anchor Books
Published: 10/03/2017
Pages: 480
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781101912171

About the Author
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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