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A New York Times bestselling author, his books include Traitor to His Class, Andrew Jackson, The Age of Gold, The First American, and TR. the President MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War By: H. eNotes plot summaries cover all the significant action of The General vs. His motives were to limit the conflict in Korea, resulting in his decision to remove MacArthur. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War. Brands MacArthur and Truman At the Brink of Nuclear War By Summary Station Truman relieving General Douglas MacArthur caused a bit of an uproar amongst the American public. The General and the President vividly evokes the making of a new American era. The 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. Brands comes 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. Brands comes 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. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, 7 – 8:30 p.m.
