to achieve specific goals rather than the total defeat of the enemy. -nova net
MacArthurs was angry because he favored total war
MacArthur was angry because he favored total war <----- NovaNet
MacArthurs was angry because he favored total war
Too busy with Korea at the time.
War funding limited the campaign against poverty and racism
to end the war
The fiery and press-savvy MacArthur
War funding limited the campaign against poverty and racism
The purpose of Truman's policy of a limited war was to avoid nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union. He saw no other way to end the conflict.
Bombing or invading Japan
He formulated the "Containment Policy" which dictated that the spread of Communism should be contained within the areas where it had become dominant in the late 1940's. Any effort by Communist to expand their sphere of influence should be countered by the USA, if necessary by force. It was this policy that somewhat later led to the Korean war and in the Sixties, to the Vietnam war.
Johnson's war policy was unpopular with many people. Draft age men, in particular, did not think the war necessary and opposed it. Others thought it should be an all-out declared war and critized the limited involvement that Johnson tried at first.