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(e) MacArthur was a control freak and he hated the press; to the suggestion that he was implementing a socialist economy in Japan, he was outraged (Buhite, 2008).

(f) When reporters did not write what he wanted while he was in Japan, he had them thrown out and not allowed back in; any negative reporting might hurt his chances to win the Republican nomination for the presidency (Buhite, 2008).

Thesis THREE: MacArthur, now in charge of the American & UN forces in Korea, showed his militant independence as to how to conduct the war, and presented some outrageously controversial plans as to how to win the war along with alienating American allies.

i) the Joint Chiefs of Staff demanded that MacArthur avoid attacking the Yalu bridges because he would have to fly over Manchurian territory and though MacArthur's airmen tried heroically to isolate Korea" the way islands were isolated in WWII, it wasn't to be done, but MacArthur had a more bizarre strategy for Manchuria and China in any event (Weigley, 1977).

ii) MacArthur wanted to expand the war into China; he wanted to strategically bomb Manchurian production centers and Chinese airfields and send ground troops into China, a provocative and strategically risky proposal (Jackson, 2010).

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iii) MacArthur "mistreated the British political representative" in Japan, and "clashed regularly with British press correspondents"; his "strategic views, independence, and aggressive machinations frightened and infuriated the British" (Belmonte, 1995).

iv) MacArthur managed to shatter plans that the Allies had for an early armistice to the war by issuing an "ultimatum that not only challenged the Chinese Communists but also" ruined the chances for peace. His ultimatum: the Chinese should simply surrender now because the UN and American forces can come into China and destroy them. He was speaking only for himself, of course, but it was embarrassing and caused an enormous rift between the U.S. And Britain (Belmonte, 1995).

v) President Truman had moved several nuclear weapons to Guam and Okinawa (unbeknownst to MacArthur) but MacArthur was so out of control that members of the Truman administration "were terrified at the prospect of MacArthur mounting an unauthorized nuclear strike" on Manchuria or China (Belmonte, 1995).

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