douglas mcarthur was determined to make it so.e with "war stories" as we battle into the streets of seoul. >> in europe, no sooner had the fires of world war ii been extinguished, dictators were again on the march. as church hill predicted, country after country in eastern europe fl toommunist take overs by leader stallion. there was a blockade in berlin. president harry truman ordered an air lift to save the city. it was spreaded all over the globe. 1949, on the other side of the world, a ruthless revolution in china brought him to power. next door in korea, divided like soviet and american zones, royalist young took control. he was the communist leader. >> on june 25 the north korea situation is looking good. >> deeson served as commander in the war. blocked by the americans in europe, stallion saw north korea as next step in his plan for global contest. he poured guns, tanks, ammunition into the north. lead tong promised a million soldiers. both wanted to leave dry on the battlefield. sung sees the opportunity to unite all kore

mcarthur wanted to confront north korea during the korean war. guest: well, certainly the united states under harry truman and douglas macarthur was confronting north korea and china, so i don't think that's quite the issue. the issue at the time was whether or not general mcarthur was insubordinate. this goes to a difference, the fundamental issue of civil military relations. at the end of the day, civilian authority rules and you may disagree if you are in uniform. then you have a choice. you can be quiet and salute which is your duty wearing the uniform and having taken the oath to the constitution or you resign and you can be very public after that. so as it turns out, both president truman and douglas macarthur basically followed along the very, very long-standing traditions in the u.s. of civil authority dominating over the military. host: carol has this treat. someone as unhinged as the north korean factor, any common sense into the equation? guest: i think we sometimes overplay unhinged in the following sense. the north korean leadership, all of the kim family, has been very successful. throughout the cold war, they played the soviets and c