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MacArthur 's Korean War Generals (Hardcover)
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MacArthur 's Korean War Generals (Hardcover)
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Wedged chronologically between World War II and Vietnam, the Korean
War-which began with North Korea's invasion of South Korea in June
of 1950-possessed neither the virtuous triumphalism of the former
nor the tragic pathos of the latter. Most Americans supported
defending South Korea, but there was considerable controversy
during the war as to the best means to do so-and the question was
at least as xasperating for American army officers as it was for
the general public. A longtime historian of American military
leadership in the crucible of war, Stephen R. Taaffe takes a close
critical look at how the highest ranking field commanders of the
Eighth Army acquitted themselves in the first, decisive year in
Korea. Because an army is no better than its leadership, his
analysis opens a new perspective on the army's performance in
Korea, and on the conduct of the war itself. In that first year,
the Eighth Army's leadership ran the gamut from impressive to
lackluster-a surprising unevenness since so many of the
high-ranking officers had been battle-tested in World War II.
Taaffeattributes these leadership difficulties to the army's
woefully unprepared state at the war's start, army personnel
policies, andGeneral Douglas MacArthur's corrosive habit of
manipulating his subordinates and pitting them against each other.
He explores the personalities at play, their pre-war experiences,
the manner of their selection, their accomplishments and failures,
and, of course, their individual relationships with each other and
MacArthur. By explaining who these field, corps, and division
commanders were, Taaffe exposes the army's institutional and
organizational problems that contributed to its up-anddown fortunes
in Korea in 1950-1951. Providing a better understanding of
MacArthur's controversial generalship, Taafee's book offers new and
invaluable insight into the army's life-and-death struggle in
America's least understood conflict.
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