This work analyzes the roles of the Harry Truman administration and Congress in directing American policy regarding the Korean War. Several themes are addressed

Three days after North Korean premier Kim Il Sung launched a massive military invasion of South Korea on June 24, 1950, President Harry S. Truman responded, dis

Truman and MacArthur offers an objective and comprehensive account of the very public confrontation between a sitting president and a well-known general over th

Lectures and discussions held at Columbia University on April 27, 28, and 29, 1959.

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