MacArthur
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MacArthur
（The great generals series）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, c2007
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
"First palgrave and Macmillan paperback edition"--T. p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Douglas MacArthur is best remembered for his ability to adapt, a quality that catalyzed his greatest accomplishments. Adaptability has become an indispensable trait for military leadership in an era of technological leaps that guarantee the nature of war will radically change during the span of an ordinary career. One of the first proponents of a new dimension in warfare - the Air Force - MacArthur was also unmatched historically for his management of peace during the U.S. occupation of Japan. For generations to come, MacArthur's legacy will yield profitable - and entertaining - examples to Americans in and out of uniform.
Table of Contents
- Introduction Beginnings (MacArthur's Family Background and Career to 1930) Chief of Staff (MacArthur's tour as Chief of Staff, the Bonus March and the New Deal) From the Centre to the Fringe (MacArthur's Role in Developing Philippine Armed Forces and his Recall to Active Duty in July 1941) Catastrophe (MacArthur's Defeat in the First Philippine Campaign and his Escape to Australia) An Expensive Education (MacArthur's Appointment as One of Two Pacific Commanders and his Ill Managed First Campaign on New Guinea) Parameters (MacArthur's Challenges as a Theatre Commander, his Achievement in Logistics and Allied Relations, his Subordinate Commanders and Pacific strategy) Apprenticeship (MacArthur's Campaigns on New Guinea from February 1943 to January 1944 and his Gradual Mastery of Air Power, Amphibious Operations and the Bypass Strategy) Breakthrough (The Stroke of Luck that Permitted a Dramatic Advance in Code Breaking Leading to MacArthur's Most Impressive Campaign in World War II
- Meanwhile his Misadventure in Presidential Politics) Return and Redemption (MacArthur's Campaigns in the Philippines from October 1944 to March 1945) Regression, Invasion and Surrender (MacArthur's Wholesale Abandonment of the Bypass Strategy, his Role in the Planned Invasion of Japan, his Brilliant Conduct of the Surrender Ceremony and an Examination of his Pacific Campaign Casualty Record) Shogun in Khakai (MacArthur as Ruler of Japan, his Key Contribution in Staving Off a Famine and Public Health Disaster
- his Key Roles in Political Reform) Triumphs and Challenges (MacArthur's Role in Economic and Cultural Reform and a Review of the Less Successful Aspects of the Occupation) Korea Triumph (MacArthur's Ill Advised Appointment as UN Commander and his Brilliant Landing at Inchon) Korea Disaster (The shared Responsibility for the Disaster at the Beginning of Chinese Intervention and MacArthur's Well Deserved Dismissal by Truman) The Sum of the Man (The Lessons of MacArthur's Life as a Military Commander, Educator and Administrator
- the Failure of his Superiors to Enforce Subordination)
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