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Seymour Morris Jr. combines political history, military biography, and business management to tell the story of General Douglas MacArthur's tremendous success in rebuilding Japan after World War II in Supreme Commander , a lively, in-depth work of biographical history complementary to The Generals, The Storm of War , and Truman. He is the most decorated general in American historyand the only five five-star general to receive the Medal of Honor. Yet Douglas MacArthur's greatest victory was not in war but in peace. As the uniquely titled Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers, he was charged with transforming a defeated, militarist empire into a beacon of peace and democracythe greatest gamble ever attempted, he called it. A career military man, MacArthur had no experience in politics, diplomacy, or economics. A vain, reclusive, and self-centered man, his many enemies in Washington thought he was a flaming peacock, and few, including President Harry Truman's closest advisors, gave him a chance of succeeding. Yet MacArthur did so brilliantly, defying timetables and expectations. Supreme Commander tells for the first time, the story of how MacArthur's leadership achieved a nation-bui
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- Author
- Morris Jr., Seymour
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780062287939
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Political Science, Historical Fiction, Memoir
- Rating
- 4.1 / 5 (80 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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