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Douglas MacArthur

SOURCE: The Atlantic
11/4/2020

The President Confirms the World’s Fears

Donald Trump's open questioning of the legitimacy of the yet-undecided election has provoked a global crisis of confidence in American leadership.

SOURCE: The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus
6-1-16

To Hell and Back: Hiroshima, Nagasaki and American Nuclear Denial

by Peter Lee

Hiroshima from the perspective of the people who died and survived.

SOURCE: Associated Press
12-9-13

Gen. MacArthur's love letters head to auction

The collection also features letters from Abraham Lincoln.