Oh yes and failures too. The one thing I've always faulted McAuthur for was not giving his commanders credit for their victories. That was just plan petty, his command performed brilliantly and there should have been credit for all.
The thing that most impresses me about McAuthur was his ability to learn, change and adapt. I can't think of another American commander that fought in more wars or won more battles then McAuthur. And he was brilliant in all, using entire different tactics, and weapons in each. Korea, if it had not been for Truman's "limited war", "police action" would have been McAuthurs finest hour. He'd never have engaged the Chinese on the Asia mainland, he knew that was unwinable. But Korea would be united and free today had Truman allowed McAuthur to fight to win.
Thanks to Truman we no longer try to win wars and our generals no longer speak out and criticize administration war policy. Truman really sucked as a president.
Weeeeeeeelllll..... Hold on a second, FRiend.
I'm not a big Truman fan, but I won't go so far as to say "he sucked". He certainly won't be getting any "greatest President" accolades from me.
He DID order the nuking of Japan, and he DID stand against the communists; so IMHO, the man can't be ALL bad. ;0
Also, he knew (perhaps instinctively) that Joe Stalin wasn't kinda like the "Russian Senator from Georgia" who could be bought off with a pork-barrel aid package. He knew well the threat that we faced from communism - something that FDR and his pack of sychophants didn't seem to get.