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MacArthur and the American Century: A Reader

Door William M. Leary

Categorie	Geschiedenis Noord-Amerika
Boeknummer	#327241-XD15
Titel	MacArthur and the American Century: A Reader
Auteur	Leary, William M.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	University of Nebraska Press
Jaar van uitgave	2001
ISBN10	0803280203
ISBN13	9780803280205
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, illustrated with some b/w photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting	General Douglas MacArthur has been hailed as the greatest soldier in American history. While not everyone would agree with that assessment, there is no question that MacArthur played a prominent role in the emergence of the United States as a world power in the twentieth century. A distinguished combat soldier during World War I and an innovative educator at West Point in the 1920s, MacArthur became the army's chief of staff during the Great Depression. He went abroad in the 1930s to prepare the Philippines for war. His stand against the Japanese following Pearl Harbor made him a national hero, and his subsequent campaign against Japanese forces in the Southwest Pacific only added to his reputation. The Korean War gave MacArthur a final opportunity to display his military skills. MacArth... (Lees verder)ur and the American Century assembles for the first time a nuanced and full scrutiny of MacArthur's entire career. Essays by such experts as Stephen A. Ambrose, Stanley L. Falk, and D. Clayton James accompany materials by Dwight D. Eisenhower and MacArthur himself to analyze and evaluate the immense impact this dramatic figure had on war, peace, and the American imagination. William M. Leary is E. Merton Coulter Professor of History at the University of Georgia. His books include We Shall Return! MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan, 1942-1945 .
Pagina's	522
Conditie	Goed — Small red stamp of publisher on bottom cut.
Prijs	€ 10,00

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