But MacArthur was convinced he was on the verge of a swift, decisive victory that would reunify the country under pro-Western South Korean leadership. He assured the president that the war would ...

MacArthur continued to push the UN troops into ... The USSR was afraid of provoking a World War and therefore helped the North Koreans and the Chinese through indirect or covert methods.

Yet by the late 1940s, MacArthur was increasingly bypassed by Washington, and it seemed his remarkable career might be over. But in June of 1950, the sudden outbreak of the Korean War -- "Mars ...