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Pastimes : A CENTURY OF LIONS/THE 20TH CENTURY TOP 100
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To: Neocon who wrote (762)10/27/1999 10:39:00 PM
From: Michael M  Read Replies (1) of 3246
 
Hi Neo! Hate to differ with The Founder of "Lions," but, I don't think HST had a clue about the Far East. I, frankly, would vote for MacArthur as THE important influence there.

Aside from Mac's role in stabilizing (and benefiting from) Japan, his decisive initiative immediately following the war prevented the Soviets from claiming a major post-war role. Without MacArthur's action, Japan might have looked a lot like Germany after the war. Brief sketch of this in "American Caesar" - more elsewhere.

The show-down between HST and Mac had it's roots long before the Korean war - in WWI, to be exact. Truman, as I recall, botched artillery cover for a difficult advance for a unit under MacArthur's command. There was a good deal of contempt and defensiveness built into their relationship.

Although associated with great events, I view Truman as a prickly and poor antecedent of Gerald Ford.

And, that's all I have to say abut the subject. For now.
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