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9781439152942

MacArthur's War Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero

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    9781439152942

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    1439152942

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-11-21
  • Publisher: Free Press
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Summary

The Korean War -- America's forgotten war -- was one of our country's most brutal, claiming the lives of American soldiers at more than three times the rate of losses in Vietnam. At the helm was the towering military hero Douglas MacArthur, whose pride and insubordination took the conflict to the edge of nuclear war. In MacArthur's War, acclaimed historian Stanley Weintraub offers a blow-by-blow account of the months of MacArthur's command. Relying upon extensive new research and giving voice to ordinary soldiers, Weintraub has crafted a harrowing tale of modern warfare at its bloodiest and a telling portrait of the man who was the driving force behind it all.

Author Biography

Stanley Weintraub is Evan Pugh Professor Emeritus of Arts and Humanities at Penn State University and the author of notable histories and biographies including 11 Days in December, Silent Night: The Story of the World War I Christmas Truce, MacArthur's War, Long Day's Journey into War, and A Stillness Heard Round the World: The End of the Great War. He lives in Newark, Delaware.

Table of Contents

Preface
The Second Coming
Before the Deluge
Day One
The Telecon War
Bataan II
"Stand or Die"
Operation Chromite
Inchon
Crossing the Parallel
Mohammed and the Mountain
To the Yalu
A Turkey for Thanksgiving
The Nuclear Option
Korea for Christmas
Ridgway's War
Courting Dismissal
Going Home
Afterword
Sources
Acknowledgments
Index
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