Douglas MacArthurRezensionen

Used as a printed primary source for my GCMH project while at the NWC. Somewhat helpful source to help build the strategic understanding of the ever-narrowing lens of evidence I used for my paper on logistics during Guadalcanal. Based on the time he wrote it and his overall reputation, this book must be taken with a large grain of salt and not be treated as first hand truth.

In my opinion, one of the US Army's most overblown reputations. Dugout Doug, was even more omniscient than George Patton, and even Patton said so, so there you are. A sketch of the operations of the Southwest Pacific theatre is provided along with the Korean War...and the endless ways in which elected politicians undercut the American plutocracy.

A great read. Contains two incredible speeches --1 delivered to Congress prior to "retiring" (1951) and the second delivered, without notes, in 1962 at the US Military Academy, West Point. Two quick reads and well worth it.

While obviously written very much from his point of view, this seemed to me to be more genuine and useful than
Manchester's biography

I bought a copy of this for $20 at the Book Stop in Petoskey on Saturday. I was irritated to find the same first edition for $7 at Pine River Books in Charlevoix (12 miles away) the very next day.

One interesting thing about the book is apparent from a glance at the ToC: about 60% of the text is devoted to Korea and the years afterwards, which is the inverse of the ratio I'd have liked.