Macarthur Douglas General Army (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 4.85.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. blue,red, silver & gilt decorative full cloth hardcover 8vo. (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. fine cond. binding square & tight. covers clean. top edge has a few faint spots, other edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in vg cond. 1" scratch in the spine, rubbed a bit, chipped at spine top & bottom, minor wrinkles, not price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings, store stamps, stickers, bookplates, no names, inking, underlining, remainder markings etc~. first edition so stated. first printing (nap). glossy full color frontis. vi+438p. b&w photo illustrations. index. biography. autobiography. memoirs. american history. world war ii.military history. korean war. ~Written in his own hand, and finished only weeks before his death, Reminiscences by General Douglas MacArthur spans more than half a century of modern history. These pages show a man whose unique vantage point at the center of the stage enabled him to illuminate major controversies of our time, and whose views and ideas ~ never before published in full ~ are now bound to bring new and unexpected reappraisals to the conflicts in which he himself was the central figure. Douglas MacArthur served under eight Presidents. He was honored as few men have been. His genius for command, and his ability to implement that command by strategy, stand as landmarks in military history. No man was ever so outspoken in his commitment to his troops or in his beliefs. A legend in his own lifetime, he was a man who aroused controversy, yet stood above the awe and the conflicts he inspired. Never before has one soldier's life so completely reflected a nation's military history. After graduation from West Point with the highest average ever achieved by a cadet, MacArthur served in Vera Cruz during the Mexican uprisings and then as military attache in the Far East, where he first perceived Japanese aspirations for hegemony in the Orient. His courage in the trenches and his leadership of the famous Rainbow Division during the First World War were cited by General Pershing, who seven times awarded MacArthur the Silver Star. As the youngest member of the General Staff, his plea for maintenance of an adequate armed force aroused the enmity of those isolationists who believed America safe behind the wall of two oceans. MacArthur continued his campaign for preparedness as Chief of Staff and High Commissioner of the Philippines. After Pearl Harbor, he assumed command of a band of guerrillas who harassed the invader at every turn. His now legendary promise of return became the only hope of a forgotten people. Appointed Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in the Pacific, MacArthur was the architect of the campaign to drive the Japanese from their strongholds at Bataan, Corregidor, and New Guinea. His recounting of World War II is dramatically punctuated with intimate portraits of the key personalities ~Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Nimitz, Halsey~names written large in our history. In Reminiscences, General MacArthur tells the complete story of the Billy Mitchell trial, of the Communist conspiracy that resulted in the ill~fated Bonus March, and of his disagreement with General George Marshall over Allied support of the Pacific War. MacArthur's refusal to allow Russian participation in the occupation of Japan is explained, as well as the facts of his removal as Supreme Commander by President Truman. Here, for the first time, he also reveals his plan for winning the war in Korea, and the refusal by Washington to implement his strategy. Decade by decade, battlefield by battlefield, Reminiscences is a portrait of our most decorated military hero. It is the deeply moving final testament to a life of duty, honor, and service.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Stated first edition] Hardcover and dust jacket. Large tears to jacket with loss. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages.

First edition, first printing. Fine in fine, faintly soiled dust jacket, in mylar cover.

VG in VG DJ. MacArthur writings in his own hand & finished only weeks before his death spans more than half a century of modern history. Illustrated by Photos. 1st ed.