Macarthur A Biography
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Macarthur A Biography
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Author : Richard B. Frank
language : en
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Release Date : 2007-07-10
Macarthur A Biography written by Richard B. Frank and has been published by St. Martin's Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-07-10 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his ability to adapt, a quality that catalyzed his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability has become an indispensable trait for military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. One of the first proponents of a new dimension in warfare--the Air Force--MacArthur was also unmatched historically for his management of peace during the U.S. occupation of Japan. For generations to come, MacArthur's legacy will yield profitable--and entertaining--examples to Americans in and out of uniform.
The Biography Of General Of The Army Douglas Macarthur
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Author : Sydney L. Mayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
The Biography Of General Of The Army Douglas Macarthur written by Sydney L. Mayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with Generals categories.
The Emperor General
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Author : Norman H. Finkelstein
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
The Emperor General written by Norman H. Finkelstein and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Covers the life and career of the U.S. Army five-star general from his early life in various military outposts to a career in two World Wars.
The Biography Of General Of The Army Douglas Macarthur
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Author : Sydney Louis Mayer
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1981
The Biography Of General Of The Army Douglas Macarthur written by Sydney Louis Mayer and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Generals categories.
Douglas Macarthur
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Author : Arthur Herman
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2016-06-14
Douglas Macarthur written by Arthur Herman and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-14 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A new, definitive life of an American icon, the visionary general who led American forces through three wars and foresaw his nation’s great geopolitical shift toward the Pacific Rim—from the Pulitzer Prize finalist and bestselling author of Gandhi & Churchill Douglas MacArthur was arguably the last American public figure to be worshipped unreservedly as a national hero, the last military figure to conjure up the romantic stirrings once evoked by George Armstrong Custer and Robert E. Lee. But he was also one of America’s most divisive figures, a man whose entire career was steeped in controversy. Was he an avatar or an anachronism, a brilliant strategist or a vainglorious mountebank? Drawing on a wealth of new sources, Arthur Herman delivers a powerhouse biography that peels back the layers of myth—both good and bad—and exposes the marrow of the man beneath. MacArthur’s life spans the emergence of the United States Army as a global fighting force. Its history is to a great degree his story. The son of a Civil War hero, he led American troops in three monumental conflicts—World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. Born four years after Little Bighorn, he died just as American forces began deploying in Vietnam. Herman’s magisterial book spans the full arc of MacArthur’s journey, from his elevation to major general at thirty-eight through his tenure as superintendent of West Point, field marshal of the Philippines, supreme ruler of postwar Japan, and beyond. More than any previous biographer, Herman shows how MacArthur’s strategic vision helped shape several decades of U.S. foreign policy. Alone among his peers, he foresaw the shift away from Europe, becoming the prophet of America’s destiny in the Pacific Rim. Here, too, is a vivid portrait of a man whose grandiose vision of his own destiny won him enemies as well as acolytes. MacArthur was one of the first military heroes to cultivate his own public persona—the swashbuckling commander outfitted with Ray-Ban sunglasses, riding crop, and corncob pipe. Repeatedly spared from being killed in battle—his soldiers nicknamed him “Bullet Proof”—he had a strong sense of divine mission. “Mac” was a man possessed, in the words of one of his contemporaries, of a “supreme and almost mystical faith that he could not fail.” Yet when he did, it was on an epic scale. His willingness to defy both civilian and military authority was, Herman shows, a lifelong trait—and it would become his undoing. Tellingly, MacArthur once observed, “Sometimes it is the order one disobeys that makes one famous.” To capture the life of such an outsize figure in one volume is no small achievement. With Douglas MacArthur, Arthur Herman has set a new standard for untangling the legacy of this American legend. Praise for Douglas MacArthur “This is revisionist history at its best and, hopefully, will reopen a debate about the judgment of history and MacArthur’s place in history.”—New York Journal of Books “Unfailingly evocative . . . close to an epic . . . More than a biography, it is a tale of a time in the past almost impossible to contemplate today as having taken place, with MacArthur himself as a figure perhaps too remote to understand, but all the more important to encounter.”—The New Criterion “With Douglas MacArthur: American Warrior, the prolific and talented historian Arthur Herman has delivered an expertly rendered, compulsively readable account that does full justice to MacArthur’s monumental achievements without slighting his equally monumental flaws.”—Commentary
The General S General
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Author : Kenneth Ray Young
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-07-11
The General S General written by Kenneth Ray Young and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-11 with History categories.
General Arthur MacArthur’s extraordinary life spans the history of the United States from the Civil War through the Indian Wars to the Spanish-American War and the heyday of American imperialism in the Philippines. And in a sense, as the father of Douglas MacArthur, his influence extends well into our own century. The General’s General is the first biography of Arthur MacArthur, and it clearly establishes his importance in American history. Arthur MacArthur’s military career began as a scrawny seventeen-year-old lieutenant, his commission owed not to any evidence of his ability but to family connections. His squeaky voice, barely audible on the parade field, combined with an adolescent conception of proper military bearing to make the young officer an object of ridicule. But MacArthur overcame this bad start and went on to become a bona fide Civil War hero. The youngest regimental commander of the war, he led his troops with distinction in battle and became one of the very first officers to be awarded the congressional Medal of Honor. In the 1870s MacArthur served in forts in the West during the Indian Wars, married “Pinky†Hardy, and started a family. He next commanded a division in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War. MacArthur went on to become the governor-general of the Philippines—the most imperial post in that blatantly imperialistic period of American history. His blunt opposition to aspects of Washington’s colonial policy in the Philippines led to a series of conflicts with Taft, McKinley, and other civilian authorities. After his return to the United States in 1907, these same leaders blocked MacArthur’s appointment as chief of staff of the army. Instead, an embittered MacArthur was forced to retire. The MacArthur family, including Douglas, never forgave the powerful men who had thwarted Arthur in his greatest ambition and denied him his place in history. After one of the most distinguished careers in the history of the U.S. Army, Arthur MacArthur died in relative obscurity while delivering a speech at the fiftieth reunion of his original Civil War regiment. A man whose whole life had been soldiering left instructions forbidding a military funeral and asking to be buried in civilian clothes rather than in the uniform he had worn so proudly from the age of seventeen. MacArthur died too soon to witness the military exploits of his famous son. But there can be no doubt that Arthur made a profound impression on Douglas, who regarded the general with awe and spent much of his own life following in his father’s footsteps. Arthur MacArthur had spent his life striving to be a soldier’s soldier; in the end it can be truly said that he was the general’s general.
Macarthur
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Author : Clay Blair
language : en
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Release Date : 1977
Macarthur written by Clay Blair and has been published by Wiley-Blackwell this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with Generals categories.
General Douglas Macarthur
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Author : Gene Schoor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009-07
General Douglas Macarthur written by Gene Schoor and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07 with categories.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
General Douglas Macarthur
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Author : Gene Schoor
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013-10
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This is a new release of the original 1951 edition.
Macrthur His Rendezvous With History
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Author : Major General Courtney Whitney
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Macrthur His Rendezvous With History written by Major General Courtney Whitney and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
This biography of General Douglas MacArthur offers a comprehensive look at the military leader's life and career, from his family background to his pivotal role in World War II to his controversial tenure as Supreme Commander of the Allied Powers in postwar Japan. Whitney draws on his personal experience serving under MacArthur to provide a nuanced portrait of the man and his legacy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.