As laudatory as The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur by Frazier
Hunt (1954) and MacArthur: 1941-1951 by Willoughby and Chamberlain
(1954), this leaves us wondering still when MacArthur's real story
will be told. Roughly, General Whitney, whose account recently
appeared in Life in shortened form, follows the familiar outline of
campaigns and personal achievements that filled the decade between
Pearl Harbor and the Korean War. His text is written with a
combination of military precision and romanticized appraisals of
his chief. Beginning with the prelude to the Japanese attack there
are strong criticisms of an inattentive, ambiguous Washington that
obviously knew no reinforcements could be sent to the Philippines
yet never revealed this fact and left MacArthur to be edged back
and finally out and down to Australia. Playing up the drama of his
comeback, General Whitney puts color into his panorama of the New
Guinea campaign, final victory and the occupation of Japan. The
benefits of political and economic freedom MacArthur brought to the
vanquished are presented as sound evidence for the practical
execution of his ideals of unified command, loyalty and the
sovereignty of the military in certain prescribed areas. Called to
duty again in Korea, MacArthur receives full credit for a brilliant
display of military coordination, full vindication for the
insubordination of which he was so unjustly accused, again by a
mis-motivated Washington. Partisanly written, this record
nevertheless fails on what it does not say and the brush-off of the
many criticisms of MacArthur. (Kirkus Reviews)
General
| Imprint: |
Praeger Publishers Inc
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
July 1977 |
| First published: |
July 1977 |
| Authors: |
Courtney Whitney
|
| Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 36mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
547 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8371-9564-3 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Warfare & defence >
General
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| LSN: |
0-8371-9564-0 |
| Barcode: |
9780837195643 |
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