John Edward Wiltz, in
Milirur?~ Affui~~z (Dec. 1978), Eisenhowel-
Hall, Kansas State University, Manhat-
tan, Kans. 66506.
The Wake Island meeting between President Harry S Truman and Gen-
eral of the Army Douglas MacArthur on October 15, 1950, has occupied an important niche in the literature of the Korean War and in sub-sequent controversy involving the two men.
The purpose of the meeting, says Wiltz, a historian at Indiana Uni-
versity, was not to settle U.S. policy toward Taiwan or win...