{"product_id":"the-general-vs-the-president-macarthur-and-truman-at-the-brink-of-nuclear-war-paperback","title":"The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eH. W. Brands\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, bestselling historian, and author of\u003ci\u003e Our First Civil War\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ecomes 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A highly readable take on the clash of two titanic figures in a period of hair-trigger nuclear tensions.... History offers few antagonists with such dramatic contrasts, and Brands brings these two to life.\" --\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the height of the Korean War, President Harry S. 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. forces, had his finger on the nuclear trigger. At a time when the Soviets, too, had the bomb, the specter of a catastrophic third World War lurked menacingly close on the horizon. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe contest of wills between these two titanic characters unfolds against the turbulent backdrop of a faraway war and terrors conjured at home by Joseph McCarthy. From the drama of Stalin's blockade of West Berlin to the daring landing of MacArthur's forces at Inchon to the shocking entrance of China into the war, \u003ci\u003eThe General and the President\u003c\/i\u003e vividly evokes the making of a new American era.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eH. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for \u003ci\u003eThe First American\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTraitor to His Class\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.2 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51772756164896,"sku":"9781101912171","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5de0b0235dc1606c43f3f18b4647848a.webp?v=1780413375","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-general-vs-the-president-macarthur-and-truman-at-the-brink-of-nuclear-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}