The general vs. the president : MacArthur and Truman at the brink of nuclear war

Summary: "From master storyteller and historian H.W. Brands, twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, 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."--

Item details

ISBN: 9780385540575
ISBN: 0385540574
ISBN: 9780385540582
Physical Description: print
437 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 404-420) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Prologue -- Part One. Two Roads up the Mountain -- Part Two. Test of Nerve -- Part Three. An Entirely New War -- Part Four. The General and the President -- Part Five. Fade Away.

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