Douglas MacArthur
Subtitle: American warrior
By: Arthur Herman
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 937
ISBN-13: 9780812994889
Subjects: United States; Military History; Generals; United States. Army; Biography
Description: "The Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Gandhi & Churchill goes beyond the mythologies of the World War II general to illuminate his strengths and weaknesses, placing his career against a backdrop of history while discussing how he shaped his character to meet national needs,"--NoveList.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
Table of contents: title: The son of the father; title: Turning points; title: Glory days; title: Young man going east; title: Countdown to war; title: Into the fire; title: Fight to the finish; title: Back to West Point; title: The tumultuous years; title: Saving the army; title: Saving FDR; title: Mission to Manila; title: Waiting for the enemy; title: Rat in the house; title: When men must die; title: Back to the wall; title: I shall return; title: Taking supreme command; title: Green hell; title: Doing Cartwheel; title: One: stepping stones to victory; title: Two: liberation; title: Three: on to Manila; title: Four: battleground; title: Five: downfall; title: Six: brief encounters; title: Seven: being Sir Boss; title: Eight: head winds; title: Nine: war again; title: Inchon and beyond; title: One: reversal of fortune; title: Two: end game; title: Three: fading away.