Why did so many Americans welcome Douglas MacArthur home as a hero after the Truman-MacArthur controversy?
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There are two major reasons for this.
First, MacArthur was a major hero in World War II. He was the person most closely associated with American victory in the Pacific. That, alone, would have been reason...
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