Truman and MacArthur: Policy, Politics, and the Hunger for Honor and Renown

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ✪ xiii Introduction ✪ xv List of Abbreviations ✪ xix 1 Truman and MacArthur, before Korea ✪ 1 2 Defense Policy on the Eve of the Korean War ✪ 27 3 The War against North Korea: From Commitment to the Pusan Perimeter ✪ 56 4 The War against North Korea: From Inchon to the Yalu River ✪ 99 5 The War against China: Winter 1950 to Spring 1951 ✪ 134 6 Truman Fires MacArthur ✪ 169 7 Public Verdict and Consequences: Military and Political, Home and Abroad ✪ 199 8 Ending the War without Truman or MacArthur ✪ 235 9 Truman and MacArthur: Summary, Conclusion, and Postscript ✪ 268 Notes ✪ 275 Selected Bibliography ✪ 333 Index ✪ 347 ...