While many are inclined to judge both MacArthur and Patton in terms of civilian standards of behavior, one should realize that they devoted their entire lives to one purpose: ...

Ret. Col. Douglas Macgregor said on Tuesday that President Trump had a romantic view of the military when he expected people like Generals MacArthur and Patton to be in leadership positions.

THE GENERALS: PATTON, MACARTHUR, MARSHALL, AND THE WINNING OF WORLD WAR II By Winston Groom National Geographic, $30, 496 pages As the World War II generation slips away it is important to sharpen ...

Think MacArthur, Patton, Westmoreland. Because they are born and trained to fight, generals' prescriptions will always be belligerent. Escalation is their middle name.

J. Edgar Hoover and Maj. George Patton believed MacArthur's rout of the vets, whom they regarded as leftist agitators, was justified. But most Americans felt MacArthur had overreacted.

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