An American Shogun from Wisconsin

Shogun was the title given to military dictators of Japan during the period spanning from 1185 to 1868. Nominally second to the Emperor, shoguns were actually the de facto rulers of the country. Beginning in 1945, Douglas MacArthur ruled post war Japan. His job was to rebuild the nation. He was King, father figure and absolute Dictator. In the immediate aftermath of Japan's defeat, The Emperor of Japan - viewed as a living God on earth, literally "Of Heaven" - had bowed to him in public. This single act ensured MacArthur a lofty place in the Japanese psyche, a place where he was very comfortable. Most agree that he was good King. His progressive policies propelled Japan out of war ruin and laid the foundation for it's economic resurgence. During the 1948 American Presidential election, supporters put MacArthur's name on Republican Party primary ballots in a number of states. He was crushed by a final lopsided defeat in his home state of Wisconsin - a crushing blow to the old Milwaukeean whose father uttered the famous words, “On Wisconsin” during a battle in the Civil War. In his last years, the old General supposedly gave President Kennedy this bit of hard-learned advice from his up and down Korean War experience..."Never get involved in a land war in Asia".