Truman Fires MacArthur

Harry S. Truman distinguished biographer recounts events surrounding the headline that stunned the world.   IN THE HISTORY OF AMERICAN ARMS, few personal showdowns have been quite so freighted with consequence as the confrontation between Harry S. Truman and Douglas MacArthur. How often do two such major figures find themselves on a collision course, from …

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