Resources

Special thanks to Professor Catherine Stewart of Cornell College, Matt Schaefer and the other incredible researchers at the Herbert Hoover Presidential Museum & Library Archives, and Brooke Bergantzel!

Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

Before The Firing: Hoover & MacArthur

“F. Trubee Davison oral history interview conducted by Raymond Henle in Locust Valley, New York, 1969-09-14.” From Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum Archives. Print.

Herbert Hoover: “Statement About the Appointment of General Douglas MacArthur as Army Chief of Staff.,” August 5, 1930. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project. http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=22307.

Herbert Hoover’s Diary, May 4-6, 1946, box 148, Post-Presidential Subject Files, “Famine Emergency Committee — Hoover Diary”, Hoover Presidential Library & Museum Archives

Before The Firing: Truman & MacArthur, Trouble With Truman, & MacArthur Fired

Miller, Merle. Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. Print. p300-303

Public Response

Record of Phone Calls Regarding the Dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur, ca. April 1951. Official File, Truman Papers.

MacArthur’s Farewell

A Room With A View. “Douglas MacArthur – Old Soldiers”. YouTube video, 00:52. Posted [Dec 2014]. https://youtu.be/pFxjfrdykts


Aftermath: Hoover & Truman

British Pathe. “Herbert Hoover Visits Birth Place (1962)”. YouTube video, 1:09. Posted [Apr 2014]. https://youtu.be/O6XmS88CPV4

CriticalPast. “Harry S. Truman and others at the dedication of the Truman Library in Independenc…HD Stock Footage”. YouTube video, 1:38. Posted [Jun 2014]. https://youtu.be/tF_poqqWNhw

Aftermath: MacArthur & Truman

Miller, Merle. Plain Speaking: An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman. New York: Black Dog & Leventhal, 2004. Print. pp 305

“Richard E. Berlin oral history interview conducted by Raymond Henle at Hearst Corporation Building, New York City, 1966-12-05.” From Herbert Hoover Presidential Library & Museum Archives. Print.

Impact

PBS NewsHour. “Obama Responds to Gen. McChrystal’s Quotes in Rolling Stone Magazine”. YouTube video, 1:39. Posted [Jun 2010]. https://youtu.be/ztrM8Y5To-c

Hastings, Michael. “The Runaway General.” Rolling Stone, June 22, 2010. Accessed May 9, 2017. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-runaway-general-20100622

Department of Defense. “Air Force General Reprimand”. CSPAN video, 16:42. June 18, 1993. https://www.c-span.org/video/?43260-1/air-force-general-reprimand