I am and have always been impressed with MacArthur’s military talents. But his weakness was his vanity. His staff was loaded with sycophants — better staff officers might have improved Mac’s performance on those occasions where his performance was sub-par. Plus, I think, he stayed on too long.
I have lost respect for Harry Truman over the years, also being a student of the Leftist labeled “Red Scare” and “McCarthyism” themes, and it became clear to me today that there were major problems with Communists in the government, and Truman threw his lot in with party politics.
As a result, Truman decided that Democrat party politics were more important than National Security, and decided that the information that Joseph McCarthy was exposing to view was more damaging to the Democratic Party than to national security, and went full bore to impede, obstruct, and sabotage McCarthy.
It is shameful to read the details.