Douglas MacArthur, known on both sides of the Pacific Ocean for his corn cob pipe and unornamented wartime khaki uniform, ...

This Veteran’s Day, as we remember those men and women we’ve sent into battle, we should also take a moment to remember the fateful decisions, sometimes tragically bad ones, our commanders made that ...

There is serious talk of war in the South China Sea, as Chinese air incursions into Taiwan’s air defense space increase and the rhetoric of war becomes all too commonplace. What political scientist ...

A copy of General Douglas MacArthur’s speech to a joint session of Congress on April 19, 1951. (Library of Congress) The clash between Truman and MacArthur turned on what to do about China. In the ...

It almost happened twice and is long overdue. It was time for General Douglas MacArthur to be awarded the rank of General of the Armies of the United States. Though not an actual Six Star General, the ...

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