[download pdf] MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander by James Ellman, James Ellman
MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander by James Ellman, James Ellman
- MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander
- James Ellman, James Ellman
- Page: 296
- Format: pdf, ePub, mobi, fb2
- ISBN: 9780811771580
- Publisher: Stackpole Books
Download eBook (Links to an external site.)
Download ebook for free for mobile MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander
James Ellman digs deep, connects the dots, and concludes that General Douglas MacArthur was decidedly not a military genius. One of America's most controversial generals, Douglas MacArthur’s rise through the U.S. Army’s ranks was meteoric. However, he did not lead large formations of men in combat until he assumed command of forces in the Philippines in 1941. When war commenced with the bombing of Pearl Harbor, MacArthur’s performance on the battlefield was a failure: he underestimated the Japanese, and his poorly trained forces were outmaneuvered and outfought by a much smaller invading force. However, in what became a repeating hallmark of his career, he successfully portrayed his actions to much of the American people as brilliant and heroic regardless of victory or defeat. After fleeing to Australia, MacArthur famously announced, “I will return,” and followed through on a quest to retake Manila regardless of its impact on Allied global strategy or its cost in American, Australian, and Filipino blood. In his subsequent role as America’s shogun in Tokyo, MacArthur was again surprised by an enemy he underestimated. The Korean War yielded his greatest victory, at Inchon, but also his greatest defeat, along the Yalu River. Unwilling to accept anything but complete victory, he openly defied President Truman: MacArthur fatally undermined chances for an early peace, planned to seed a great swath of enemy territory with radioactive cobalt, and attempted to widen a conflict which threatened to become a third world war. Raging against his subsequent firing, he only truly faded away after he was publicly criticized by a panoply of America’s greatest WWII generals. Today, MacArthur still polarizes. Many biographies agree he was a great and patriotic leader marred by a few failures. Ellman argues the opposite: MacArthur was a lackluster battlefield commander who suffered stunning defeats while undermining the command structure of our military.
Douglas MacArthur | Military Wiki | Fandom
MacArthur Reconsidered: General Douglas MacArthur as a
Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers
The Second World War Revisited
POLITICAL-MILITARY RELATIONS A thesis
MacArthur Reconsidered | James Ellman | 9780811771580
July 28, 1932: Bonus Army Attacked
General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander by
The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of
Arnold Races the Clock: The Battle of Japan
Korean War Commemoration
Reminiscences: MacArthur, Douglas - Books
CHAPTER XXV: The Landing at Inch'on
General Douglas MacArthur as a Wartime Commander
More eBooks: PDF EPUB Download Domestic Monastery by Ronald Rolheiser Full Book pdf (Links to an external site.), [Descargar pdf] EL AMARGO DON DE LA BELLEZA site (Links to an external site.), SUPERSAURIO leer el libro read book (Links to an external site.), DOWNLOADS Tres chupitos en Mikonos / Three Shots in Mikonos by Josu Diamond, Josu Diamond read pdf (Links to an external site.), Online Read Ebook In the Land of Leadale, Vol. 1 (light novel) by Ceez, Tenmaso link (Links to an external site.), [PDF] Serotonin: A Novel by Michel Houellebecq, Shaun Whiteside download link (Links to an external site.), {pdf descargar} EL CAMINO DE LA VIDA read pdf (Links to an external site.),