William Manchester AMERICAN CAESAR Douglas MacArthur Little Brown 1st Ed 1978

…presents MacArthur in all his many-faceted glory, complexity, and contradictions. Here is MacArthur the military genius capable of masterpieces of strategy (the Bataan retreat, Hollandia, the landing at Inchon) and inexplicable lapses (knowing Pearl Harbor had been attacked, he let his Philippine air force be destroyed on the ground 9 hours later by the Japanese); the fifty-four-year-old four-star general who was terrified that his mother would find out that he kept a young Eurasian mistress; the lean, chiseled figure who beneath his stern Roman front was restive and high-strung, an embodiment of machismo who frequently wept . . .
ASIN: B08961WNBD
VSKU: RDV.B08961WNBD.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:William Manchester
Binding: Hardcover
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Condition Notes: This book is a well used but readable copy. Integrity of the book is still intact with no missing pages. The dust jacket is missing. May have notes or highlighting. Cover image on the book may vary from photo. Ships out quickly in a secure plastic mailer.