![]() ![]() ![]() 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. At a time when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third World War lurked menacingly close on the horizon. forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. 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. History offers few antagonists with such dramatic contrasts, and Brands brings these two to life." - Los Angeles TimesĪt the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. "A highly readable take on the clash of two titanic figures in a period of hair-trigger nuclear tensions. 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. ![]()
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