Conflict and Crisis: The MacArthur-Truman Controversy
On April 11, 1951 President Harry S. Truman relieved General Douglas
MacArthur from all his commands for publicly criticizing governmental
policies in the Korean War. MacArthur received a
hero's welcome home while Truman was widely scorned. The subsequent
controversy created an enduring
debate over the issue of civilian authority 
over the military, limited war versus total war and the containment of communism. The dismissal of MacArthur by Truman created a political controversy which remains today.
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Exhibit and artifacts on loan from the MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia.
