H. W. BRANDS holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin. A New York Times bestselling author, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in biography for The First American and Traitor to His Class.
"The General vs. The President is that rare military chronicle
that becomes an instant page-turning classic."
—San Antonio Express-News
"Fast-paced, dramatic, and amply illustrates why Truman’s
stock has been on the rise in recent decades."
—Boston Globe
"A vivid accounting of an event that was, on the surface, a
personality conflict between two strong-minded figures and, at the
bottom, a courageous act that solidified civilian authority over
the military in wartime."
—Dallas Morning News
"Brands spikes the shadowboxing between [Truman and MacArthur] with
vivid dispatches from the battlefield that give his tale a
get-along kick."
—TIME
"A highly readable take on the clash of two titanic figures in
a period of hair-trigger nuclear tensions . . . History offers few
antagonists with such dramatic contrasts, and Brands brings these
two to life."
—Los Angeles Times
“Two American heroes tested and tried at their most inspired hours
. . . An exciting, well-written comparison study of two American
leaders at loggerheads during the Korean War crisis.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
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