About this title: Inspiring, outrageous... A thundering paradox of a man.Douglas MacArthur, one of only five men in history to have achieved the rank of General of the United States Army. He served in World Wars I, II, and the Korean War, and is famous for stating that "in war, there is no substitute for victory."AMERICAN CAESAR exaines the exemplary army career, the stunning successes (and lapses) on the battlefield, and the turbulent private life of the soldier-hero whose mystery and appeal created a uniquely American legend.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780091365103ISBN:0091365104
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13:9780316544986ISBN:0316544981
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780091365103ISBN:0091365104
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
ISBN-13:9780316544986ISBN:0316544981
Description: Good. 0316544981 Copy has been read but remains in good condition. Pages are intact. Some notes written in pencil to the pages. Spine is tight; a clean read. Shelf wear and tear to the dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780316544986ISBN:0316544981
Description: Good. No dust jacket. Some shelf wear, no dust cover. Binding sound, light edgewear. Heavy Book. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 793 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
"If you read only one book about General Douglas MacArthur, read Manchester's. Manchester rates MacArthur as the best general the United States has ever produced, and with solid reasoning, and his admiration is obvious. For all that, he doesn't miss any of the astounding flaws of MacArthur, both of military judgment and of character. Even if battles bore you, you have got to read about a man who could face German machine guns but was terrified--as the Army Chief of Staff!--that his mother would find out he was keeping a mistress (he was between marriages at the time.)"
"A very comprehensive biography - one of the most detailed I have ever encountered. It is generally favorable to MacArthur who was very controversial. Manchester also reveals in great detail the general's actions, why he was criticized by his enemies, discusses their rationale, and you are left to reach your own conclusion about whether he was right or wrong in what he did. I ended up feeling that he was a very good general who had a very high opinion of himself and Truman was justified in firing him."
"Great book about a very complex, but extremely gifted and brilliant man. MacArthur was MacArthur's biggest fan!! But there is no denying that MacArthur was born to lead men. He had the gift of leadership and thought he understood his men and their battles better than any other person alive. This book is very well researched and extremely well written."
"I think still that, "American Caesar," is Manchester's best biography. And I think still that, "American Caesar," is the best biography of Douglas MacArther - Caesar, Supreme Commander, Allied Forces in the Pacific, Supreme Commander, Japan. There is only one awesome figure in American history (most thankfully) like Douglas MacArthur (MacArthur surely would agree). However - to read at, "Caesar..." today, it is instructive to keep Richard Nixon in mind. Nixon did not become U.S. president until five years after MacArthur died. The two men shared a host of personality traits - mostly traits not generally counted desirable. Their shadows entwine."
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