437 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue -- Part One. Two Roads up the Mountain -- Part Two. Test of Nerve -- Part Three. An Entirely New War -- Part Four. The General and the President -- Part Five. Fade Away.
Summary
Traces the story of how President Harry Truman and General Douglas MacArthur confronted each other's oppositional stances for America's future in the aftermath of World War II.