American Caesar: Douglas Macarthur 1880-1964
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Few figures in American military history inspire as much awe, controversy, and fascination as General Douglas MacArthur — soldier, statesman, and living legend whose life spanned the birth of modern America to the Cold War's most dangerous decades. William Manchester's monumental biography American Caesar chronicles MacArthur's extraordinary life from his privileged upbringing in 1880 through his towering command in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, his bold stewardship of post-war Japan, and his dramatic dismissal by President Truman during the Korean War, painting a portrait of a man whose genius and vanity were inseparable. Manchester writes with the precision of a historian and the narrative power of a novelist, drawing on exhaustive research, personal interviews, and primary sources to illuminate the paradox at the heart of his subject — a man who was simultaneously an imperial egotist and an unparalleled military strategist. American Caesar stands as one of the great American biographies of the twentieth century, a sweeping, richly detailed study of power, duty, and the uneasy relationship between military command and democratic governance. Whether MacArthur was America's greatest general or its most dangerous one, Manchester ensures the reader will never reach a comfortable answer.
Author: William Manchester
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Poor
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few figures in American military history inspire as much awe, controversy, and fascination as General Douglas MacArthur — soldier, statesman, and living legend whose life spanned the birth of modern America to the Cold War's most dangerous decades. William Manchester's monumental biography American Caesar chronicles MacArthur's extraordinary life from his privileged upbringing in 1880 through his towering command in the Pacific Theatre of World War II, his bold stewardship of post-war Japan, and his dramatic dismissal by President Truman during the Korean War, painting a portrait of a man whose genius and vanity were inseparable. Manchester writes with the precision of a historian and the narrative power of a novelist, drawing on exhaustive research, personal interviews, and primary sources to illuminate the paradox at the heart of his subject — a man who was simultaneously an imperial egotist and an unparalleled military strategist. American Caesar stands as one of the great American biographies of the twentieth century, a sweeping, richly detailed study of power, duty, and the uneasy relationship between military command and democratic governance. Whether MacArthur was America's greatest general or its most dangerous one, Manchester ensures the reader will never reach a comfortable answer.