The Meaning of MacArthur

Abstract

There are, it would seem, two possible explanations of Mac- Arthur's behavior. He might have believed that he could get away with a policy of persistent insubordination until either the drift of the Korean war itself or a change in the political situation at home should make it possible for him to carry out his plans to attack China.

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