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<p>In an army which eschewed flamboyance, General Douglas MacArthur possessed a unique flair. With his chiseled face, corn-cob pipe, and a voice which could trumpet and drum, he looked the part of a heaven born general. He was arguably the best-known and most popular American military leader of the 20th century, and at least one observer-General George E. Stratemeyer, MacArthur's top air officer in Japan-thought him the greatest man in history. Yet the men who served in the trenches of Bataan sneeringly called him Dugout Doug, FDR privately termed MacArthur's defense of Corregidor criminal, and Truman called his vaunted return to the Philippines a fiasco.<br> In this eye-opening book, historian Michael Schaller offers an intimately detailed portrait of MacArthur, particularly the General's two decades in the Far East, demythologizing this American Caesar and providing an insightful analysis of American foreign policy in Asia during those years. Schaller's is far from a flattering portrait. He finds, for instance, that MacArthur's military record was less than impressive: not only did MacArthur leave direction of the army to subordinates (such as General Robert Eichelberger), but as

Author

Schaller, Michael

Publisher

New York ; Oxford: Oxford University Press

Published

1989

Language

EN

ISBN

9780195063325

Subjects

History, Biography, Military

Updated

2026-03-24