MacArthur at War : World War II in the Pacific

✍ Scribed by Walter R. Borneman

Publisher: Little
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Leaves: 594
Edition: First edition.
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

"The author of the national best-seller The Admirals chronicles General Douglas MacArthur's amazing rise during World War II,"--Amazon.com.

✦ Table of Contents

Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 --
Part one: Escape, 1941-1942 --
1. First charge, first war --
2. West Point to the Philippines --
3. Manila before the storm --
4. Lost hours --
5. Blame and Bataan --
6. Dugout Doug --
7. Ordered out --
Part two: Exile, 1942 --
8. Waltzing Matilda --
9. CINCSWPA --
10. Saving Australia --
11. Kokoda Trail --
12. "Take Buna, Bob..." --
Part three: Redemption, 1943 --
13. Finishing Buna, looking ahead --
14. "Skipping" the Bismarck Sea --
15. Meeting Halsey --
16. Bypassing Rabaul --
17. One general to another --
Part four: Return, 1944 --
18. Gambling in the Admiralties --
19. Hollandia--
greatest triumph? --
20. Presidential ambitions, presidential summons --
21. Toward the Philippines --
22. Sixty minutes from defeat --
Part five: Resolution, 1945 --
23. Return to Manila --
24. Hail the conquering hero --
25. "These proceedings are closed" --
Epilogue: A study in superlatives.

✦ Subjects

MacArthur, Douglas, -- 1880-1964;United States -- Navy -- Biography;United States -- Navy;Generals -- United States -- Biography;World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American;World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography;Generals;Military operations, Naval -- American;United States;BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General;HISTORY / Military / Other;TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science

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