1. Harry Truman and a Time of Change
... victory must have gone to MacArthur's head, because following this event was the beginning of his downfall and the eventual removal by President Truman. After the United Nations supported the decision to move north of the 38th parallel, Washington advised MacArthur to limit the movement north and rather stay in the lines of the reconstituted South Korean borders (Ferrell 119). Ignoring ... the president, he was the victim of controversy surrounding McCarthyism and the influence of Communist spy rings. The fear of communism in America was headed by Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin. H...
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- Grade Level: Undergraduate