Quote of the day (II): Joseph Alsop on the qualities of General MacArthur’s staff
As for MacArthur’s staff in Tokyo, with which he dealt during the Korean War, the columnist Joseph Alsop wrote in his memoirs, I’ve Seen the Best of It: "For the most part, they were insipid men, arrogant with the press, wary of each other, and generally incompetent." (p. 323) (Another HT to RLG)
As for MacArthur's staff in Tokyo, with which he dealt during the Korean War, the columnist Joseph Alsop wrote in his memoirs, I've Seen the Best of It: "For the most part, they were insipid men, arrogant with the press, wary of each other, and generally incompetent." (p. 323)
(Another HT to RLG)
As for MacArthur’s staff in Tokyo, with which he dealt during the Korean War, the columnist Joseph Alsop wrote in his memoirs, I’ve Seen the Best of It: "For the most part, they were insipid men, arrogant with the press, wary of each other, and generally incompetent." (p. 323)
(Another HT to RLG)
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