Question 3 • MCPSS AL-Grade 6 United States Studies: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - Summer School 2026
Truman relieved MacArthur because MacArthur publicly opposed the administration’s policy of limiting the Korean War and wanted to expand the fighting, including taking the war into China. Truman believed military leaders had to follow the president’s decisions and civilian control of the military. So the reason was their disagreement over how to fight the war, not MacArthur’s inexperience or a new assignment.
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