MacArthur at war
Subtitle: World War II in the Pacific
By: Walter R. Borneman
Edition: First edition.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 594
ISBN-13: 9780316405324
Subjects: Generals; United States; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; United States. Navy; Biography
Description: "The author of the national best-seller The Admirals chronicles General Douglas MacArthur's amazing rise during World War II,"--Amazon.com.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-577) and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941; title: Part one: Escape, 1941-1942; title: 1. First charge, first war; title: 2. West Point to the Philippines; title: 3. Manila before the storm; title: 4. Lost hours; title: 5. Blame and Bataan; title: 6. Dugout Doug; title: 7. Ordered out; title: Part two: Exile, 1942; title: 8. Waltzing Matilda; title: 9. CINCSWPA; title: 10. Saving Australia; title: 11. Kokoda Trail; title: 12. "Take Buna, Bob..."; title: Part three: Redemption, 1943; title: 13. Finishing Buna, looking ahead; title: 14. "Skipping" the Bismarck Sea; title: 15. Meeting Halsey; title: 16. Bypassing Rabaul; title: 17. One general to another; title: Part four: Return, 1944; title: 18. Gambling in the Admiralties; title: 19. Hollandia; title: greatest triumph?; title: 20. Presidential ambitions, presidential summons; title: 21. Toward the Philippines; title: 22. Sixty minutes from defeat; title: Part five: Resolution, 1945; title: 23. Return to Manila; title: 24. Hail the conquering hero; title: 25. "These proceedings are closed"; title: Epilogue: A study in superlatives.