Talk:Maxwell D. Taylor

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Maxwell D. Taylor article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Vietnam Low‑importance

	Vietnam portal This article is part of WikiProject Vietnam, an attempt to create a comprehensive, neutral, and accurate representation of Vietnam on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page.VietnamWikipedia:WikiProject VietnamTemplate:WikiProject VietnamVietnam articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Cold War (inactive)

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cold War, a project which is currently considered to be inactive.Cold WarWikipedia:WikiProject Cold WarTemplate:WikiProject Cold WarCold War articles

Military history: Biography / North America / United States / World War II / Cold War

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history articles

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Military biography task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	World War II task force
	Cold War task force (c. 1945 – c. 1989)

History Low‑importance

	History portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject History, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of the subject of History on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.HistoryWikipedia:WikiProject HistoryTemplate:WikiProject Historyhistory articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Missouri Low‑importance

	Missouri portal This article is part of WikiProject Missouri, a WikiProject related to the U.S. state of Missouri. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.MissouriWikipedia:WikiProject MissouriTemplate:WikiProject MissouriMissouri articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Biography: Military / Science and Academia

	Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography articles
	This article is supported by the military biography work group (assessed as Low-importance).
	This article is supported by the science and academia work group.

Higher education

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Higher education, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of higher education, universities, and colleges on Wikipedia. Please visit the project page to join the discussion, and see the project's article guideline for useful advice.Higher educationWikipedia:WikiProject Higher educationTemplate:WikiProject Higher educationHigher education articles

Untitled[edit]

Why is there nothing about his military service between his graduation from West Point and his mission in Italy in 1943? By that time, he had been in the Army for over 20 years. Had he commanded anything? Gone to any schools? Served overseas? Been promoted (presumably yes, but to what rank)?Darkstar8799 (talk) 14:21, 27 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

good question WELL? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.130.142.29 (talk) 18:02, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

korea and vietnam - 2 wars in which he failed to contribute to a victory — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.130.142.29 (talk) 18:05, 28 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Info[edit]

I've added crucial material on Taylor's career during the years of the Kennedy administration.Iamlondon 01:07, 29 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

where are the references/citations for this surprising material? I'm tagging this article accordingly JGHowes 13:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

This material surprises me too as Kennedy and Taylor, from all accounts I've seen, which are admittedly little, had massively different views on how to handle the Cuban Missile Crisis. Based on the information here, you'd think that they'd be in agreement on any policy to do with Cuba. But I guess it is still possible for them to have been in accordance with each other until the crisis and then take different sides. Maybe Taylor's role during the CMC could be included in here somewhere? That's actually the information I was looking for. 204.209.17.254 (talk) 21:46, 15 December 2007 (UTC)mel[reply]

External links modified[edit]

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified one external link on Maxwell D. Taylor. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20060502215205/http://www.jcs.mil/cjs/history_files/bios/taylor_bio.pdf to http://www.jcs.mil/cjs/history_files/bios/taylor_bio.pdf

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs.

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 18 January 2022).

If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 16:37, 6 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Orphaned references in Maxwell D. Taylor[edit]

I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Maxwell D. Taylor's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "bigcoup":

From Lâm Văn Phát: "Coup collapses in Saigon; Khanh forces in power; U.S. pledges full support". The New York Times. 14 September 1964. p. 1.
From September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt: "Coup collapses in Saigon; Khánh forces in power; U.S. pledges full support". The New York Times. 1964-09-14. p. 1.
From Nguyễn Cao Kỳ: "Coup collapses in Saigon; Khanh forces in power; U.S. pledges full support". The New York Times. 14 September 1964. p. 1.

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 15:44, 9 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Sorted. Thanks AnomieBOT. ActivelyDisinterested (talk) 21:55, 29 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Broken English[edit]

The final paragraph of the Post-World war II section, starting, "However Taylor was actually fired by ..." which shows him in quite a different light must be by a different hand as it is in "Broken English." NRPanikker (talk) 06:16, 30 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

word fired is not in document

Dutch Military Order of William[edit]

Somehowe the highest Dutch decoration that was awarded to Taylor has been omitted: He was made a Knight 4th Class in the Military Order of William by Royal Decree on 14th November 1946. He is wearing the ribbon fifth row from the bottom, second from the left. 2001:1C03:661F:3200:94BE:E899:F018:DC9D (talk) 15:09, 9 October 2023 (UTC)[reply]