| Location |
RHC |
| Item Call Number |
E 745 M3 J36 1975 v.2 |
| Status |
Available |
| Barcode |
17940 |
| International Standard Book Number |
- International Standard Book Number - (hardbound)
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| Library Of Congress Call Number |
- Classification number - E 745 M3
- Item number - J36 1975
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| Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
- Classification number - B
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| Main Entry |
- Personal name - James, D. Clayton.
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| Title Statement |
- Title - The years of MacArthur /
- Statement of responsibility, etc. - [by] D. Clayton James.
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| Publication, Distribution, Etc. (imprint) |
- Place of publication, distribution, etc. - Boston :
- Name of publisher, distributor, etc. - Houghton Mifflin,
- Date of publication, distribution, etc. - 1970-1985.
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| Physical Description |
- Extent - 3 v.
- Other physical details - maps, ports.
- Dimensions - 22 cm.
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| Content Type |
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| Media Type |
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| Carrier Type |
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| General Note |
- General note - Library has: v. 2. 1941-1945
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| Bibliography, Etc. Note |
- Bibliography, etc - Includes bibliographical references.
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| Formatted Contents Note |
- Formatted contents note - v. 1. 1880-1941.--v. 2. 1941-1945.--v. 3. 1945-1964.
- Formatted contents note - v. 2. 1941-1945: Defeat in the Philippines -- Papuan campaign -- Cartwheel operations -- Advance to the Philippines -- The last campaigns -- APPENDIXES: Men who had the most contact with MacArthur, 1942-45 -- Itinerary of MacArthur, December 8, 1941-September 2, 1945
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| Summary, Etc. |
- Summary, etc. - "This second of a three-volume biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur covers the years of World War II, 1941-1945, when he won praise or censure from millions.
On Pearl Harbor Day, MacArthur was commander of the recently formed U.S. Army Forces in the Far East, stationed in the Philippines. The Japanese invaded the islands and quickly forced his disorganized forces on to Bataan and Corregidor. After MacArthur left Corregidor for Australia, he was named commander of the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a low-priority concern among Europe-first planners in Washington. But MacArthur, a master of the press release, drew much attention to himself as he jockeyed with Franklin Roosevelt, George Marshall, and Chester Nimitz, and as he flirted with the presidential politics of 1944. After brilliantly turning the tide against the Japanese in New Guinea and the Bismarcks, MacArthur returned to his obsession, the Philippines, in 1944, and later signed the unconditional surrender aboard the Battleship Missouri on V-J Day.
As the General's wartime decisions unfold within the full sweep of events in the Southwest Pacific, MacArthur's complex and contradictory nature emerges--alternately brilliant and foolish, brave and hesitant, innovative and pig-headed. This meticulously researched and objectively presented historical work gives us the best measure available of both the soldier and the man."
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| Language Note |
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| Local Note (rlin) |
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| Subject Personal Name |
- Personal name - MacArthur, Douglas,
- Dates associated with a name - 1880-1964.
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| Subject Corporate Name |
- Corporate name or jurisdiction name as entry element - United States.
- Subordinate unit - Army
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Topical Term |
- Topical term or geographic name as entry element - Generals
- Geographic subdivision - United States
- General subdivision - Biography.
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| Subject Geographic Name |
- Geographic name - United States
- General subdivision - History, Military
- Chronological subdivision - 20th century.
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