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MacArthur's War: Korea and the Undoing of an American Hero Paperback – November 21, 2008

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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Free Press (November 21, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439152942
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439152942
  • Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches
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  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn Intriguing Book About a Mesmerizing & Enigmatic Subject!
By Barron Laycock HALL OF FAME on June 15, 2000
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No other modern American military leader engenders such controversy and hotly-expressed differences in opinion than General Douglas MacArthur. Certainly, there can be no argument against the fact that his previous treatment by other authors such as William Manchester ("American Caesar") etc. does a much more comprehensive and objective service than does this book to anyone attempting to understand the man, his eccentricities, and his actions during the tenure of his fifty-year career as a virtual American military institution in the Orient. Yet, it should also be noted that this volume adds considerably to our understanding of MacArthur the man, the general, and the legend in an intriguing, unique, and somewhat different take on Macarthur, his character, vanity, conduct, and a blow-by-blow account of his prosecution of the Korean campaign.
At the outbreak of the Korean conflict MacArthur was preoccupied as the Governor-General of Japan with overseeing the reconstruction and rehabilitation of the defeated nation, and his first efforts to conduct the Korean campaign were through an attempt at long-distance management of the actions & ministrations of his field commanders. Of course, MacArthur couldn't stay out of the action long, & soon began actively interfering with command decisions from afar, and this led to a number of strains, breakdowns in communication, and military setbacks. The miscommunications and lack of clear and achievable military objective resulting from this situation soon turned into a both a political and military debacle, and according to Weintraub it was clear that MacArthur's fingerprints were all over the place in terms of poor planning, strategy, and tactics.Read more ›
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3.0 out of 5 starsWeintraub writes well, Mac fairs not so well
By Brent Tomberlin on June 3, 2000
Format: Hardcover
I am a fan of MacArthur. I am interested in his life. I am interested in his faults and his successes. If Inchon was his best, the rest of Korea was probably his worst. The author does a great job of detailing the faults in generalship and character of this man. Weintraub does a fantastic job of intertwining the story of the generals and the politicians with the stories of how the "forgotten war" plays itself out for the American GI. The book was very well researched and documented. I am still a fan of the general. I understand more, however, what perhaps his private ambitions truly were and what motivated him. While Truman was a great president and thought MacArthur's speeches were a bunch of bull----; I think they are inspiring. For further reference on Korea and MacArthur, Geoffrey Peret's "Old Soldiers Never Die" does a fairly good job describing the challenges at the end of the general's life. Without Marshall, Truman clearly wouldn't have faired as well as he did. As a history teacher, I find that George C. Marshall is not given his just due in the history texts of our time. Weintraub tries to credit him and brings him into the picture well. Overall, the author does a fine job to bring this often skipped-over piece of American History to life. I would like to thank him for that and for reminding us that there was a war before vietnam, because a lot of students do not.
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4.0 out of 5 starsAn interesting new book for the 50th Anniversary of the war
By Charles R. Bowery Jr. on June 20, 2000
Format: Hardcover
It is difficult to write history that appeals both to the academic and to the layman, but Weintraub does it quite well with this book. He deftly weaves vignettes describing MacArthur's eccentricities and megalomania with some rarely heard viewpoints of the early days of the war- the correspondents on the ground, for example. The narrative also contains (barely) enough detail on ground combat operations to keep the reader oriented. It's a small criticism, but I longed for more detailed description and analysis of Mac's ground commanders-- even though that isn't really the purpose of the book. I would recommend T.R. Fehrenbach's "This Kind of War" and Russell Geugler's "Combat Actions in Korea" for those interested in a combat narrative.
While I understand the author's reasoning for leaving out footnotes, I still would have appreciated at least endnotes for specific pieces of evidence.
This is an attractive, well- written book that adds to our understanding of MacArthur. Especially now, with the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the war approaching, it is refreshing to see new and challenging interpretations of the Korean War emerge. Recommended reading.
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4.0 out of 5 starsTwilight of an American warlord
By Mr. Joe TOP 1000 REVIEWER on November 26, 2000
Format: Hardcover
Douglas MacArthur will forever be remembered as one of America's outstanding generals. Nonetheless, every great warlord, if he survives long enough, has his twilight, and MACARTHUR'S WAR documents his - that period from June 1950 until April 1952 when his career and reputation became mired in the Korean War, the first of America's post-W.W.II Asian debacles.
Author Stanley Weintraub's volume is a well researched, albeit dry, history of the general's last campaign. Within its pages, we encounter a wealth of players, both major and minor. MacArthur himself, America's aging postwar proconsul of a defeated Japan, sometimes brilliant, too often insubordinate, but always egotistical, self-aggrandizing, and militantly anticommunist. The staff toadies who surrounded him and sustained his narrow view of the universe, at the center of which was always Douglas himself: generals Wright, Willoughby and Whitney. His combat commanders: the hapless Gen. Walker (8th Army) and the self-important flunky Gen. Almond (X Corps). The wretched South Korean dictator, Syngman Rhee. General Peng Dehuai, the capable Chinese commander who infiltrated 200,000 of his troops into North Korea right under MacArthur's very nose. The plucky female war correspondent, Marguerite Higgins, who defied the clubbish, men-only mindset of her peers to go out and bring back the story. The home-front military and ex-military, in particular JCS Chairman Bradley and Defense Secretary Marshall, both so in awe of Douglas as to be rendered virtually ineffectual. Truman, the politically beleaguered Commander-In-Chief, who finally brought MacArthur to heel in a fit of righteous pique. And finally, MacArthur's eventual replacement as Supreme Commander, the humorlessly efficient Gen. Ridgeway.Read more ›
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2.0 out of 5 starsThe other reviewers covered all the good and bad of this work

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Published 9 months ago by C M Hunter
1.0 out of 5 starsWeintraub's War Against MacArthur

A typical hatchet job in the tradition of jealous intellectuals' hatred of military leaders. Even the title is deceptive. Korea could more accurately be called "Stalin's War. Read more

Published on June 11, 2011 by Laidback Guy
4.0 out of 5 starsA STRANGE SORT OF BOOK HERE.

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Published on March 24, 2011 by D. Blankenship
3.0 out of 5 starsAn Unbalanced History of the Korean War!

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Published on December 4, 2007 by Gilberto Villahermosa
3.0 out of 5 starsSome Valid Points, Some New Insights, But...

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4.0 out of 5 starsInchon myth

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Published on June 30, 2007 by James R. Hickey
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4.0 out of 5 starsShould be on your Korean War Reading List

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4.0 out of 5 starsContinued MacArthur incompetence

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4.0 out of 5 starsIgnominious exit of an outstanding soldier

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