Frontline General: Douglas MacArthur: America's Most Controversial Hero

by Jules Archer, Iain C. Martin (Foreword by)

Overview

At twenty-six, Douglas MacArthur was military aide to President Theodore Roosevelt. His courageous leadership of the Rainbow Division during World War I made him a general. At the same time, his reluctance to heed any authority but his own gained him a reputation of arrogance and insubordination that was to shadow his entire career.

As MacArthur helped guide a defeated Japan to democracy, it was remarked that he himself tolerated no democratic questioning of his commands. When he was summoned from Japan to take command of the desperately beleaguered forces in Korea, the conflict between duty and pride brought his career to a dramatic conclusion. With brilliant generalship he saved his army from defeat, only to be removed from his post when he refused to obey the president himself. Douglas MacArthur’s deeds were of heroic proportion, but he is, and will continue to be, one of America’s most controversial figures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781634501682
Publisher:	Sky Pony
Publication date:	01/10/2017
Series:	Jules Archer History for Young Readers Series
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	12 - 18 Years

About the Author

Jules Archer was one of the most respected names in nonfiction for young people. During his lifetime he published more than seventy books, which have been translated into twelve languages throughout the world. He lived in Scotts Valley, California, until his death in 2008.

Iain C. Martin is a freelance writer and historian with an MA in American history from Southern Connecticut State University. Originally from Owego, New York, he now resides in Clinton, Connecticut, with his wife and two children.

Table of Contents

Foreword vii

1 Seed-Bed of Heroes 1

2 MacArthur Captures West Point 10

3 Young Hero In a Hurry 21

4 One-Man Invasion of Mexico 31

5 D'Artagnan of the Western Front 41

6 MacArthur Buys a New Hat 53

7 Peacetime Villain 62

8 Years of Exile 73

9 "I Shall Return" 85

10 Year of the Impossible 96

11 An Old Dog Learns New Tricks 104

12 Road Back to Bataan 114

13 "Show Him Where to Sign!" 125

14 MacArthur's Japan 137

15 Korea: General of the World's Army 148

16 Home Comes the Hero 159

17 MacArthur-Man and Legend 167

Bibliography 171

Index 172

About the Author 178