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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964
by Manchester, William Raymond, 1922-2004
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0316544981
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544986
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About This Item
Boston, Little, Brown [1978]. Hard Cover. xvii, 793 p., index, photos, maps. 'Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur. They either worship him or despise him. And they are all wrong, because their premises are rooted in apocrypha.' Bibliography: p. [745]-762. NEU073. Good+, some red ink markings/ dj vg.
Synopsis
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. It was made into a documentary series in 1983 hosted by John Huston. Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general for his military genius, administrative skill, and personal bravery, while criticizing his vanity, paranoia, and tendency toward insubordination.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- NEU073
- Title
- American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964
- Author
- Manchester, William Raymond, 1922-2004
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0316544981
- ISBN 13
- 9780316544986
- Publisher
- Boston, Little, Brown [1978]
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- This edition first published
- 1978
- Keywords
- WW2 Biography
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military;
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