Macarthur's War: The Flawed Genius Who Challenged the American Paperback - 2014

Details

• Title Macarthur's War: The Flawed Genius Who Challenged the American
• Author Bevin Alexander
• Binding Paperback
• Edition Reprint
• Pages 256
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher Dutton Caliber, New York
• Date 2014-03-04
• Illustrated Yes
• Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9780425261217 / 0425261212
• Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
• Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
• Ages 18 to UP years
• Grade levels 13 - UP
• Themes
  • Chronological Period: 1950's
  • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Cultural Region: East Asian
• Dewey Decimal Code 355.009

“A very interesting account of Douglas MacArthur’s initial brilliant Inchon assault....Fascinating, factual, and well-documented . . . Overall, a fair portrayal of history.”—General Frederick J. Kroesen, former vice chief of staff of the U.S. Army and commander in chief, U.S. Army Europe
 
“A stirring and insightful account of General Douglas MacArthur’s controversial role in the Korean War that culminated . . . in one of the most dramatic incidents in American military history.”—Carlo D’Este, author of Patton: A Genius for War
 
“Bevin Alexander’s MacArthur’s War is a superbly written, blow-by-blow account of the most controversial civil-military clash in American history. His riveting narrative pulls no punches as it reveals how the feisty U.S. president confronted America’s most revered military hero against the backdrop of brutal Korean War combat.”—Colonel Jerry D. Morelock, PhD, U.S. Army (Ret.), and editor in chief of Armchair General
 
“Alexander’s hard-hitting narrative captures in vivid detail the elements of that contest, as well as the chain of significant events that produced it . . . MacArthur’s War is a valuable account of a chapter in the Cold War that we must never forget.”—Harry J. Middleton, founding director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library at the University of Texas, and author of LBJ: The White House Years