American Caesar
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american-caesar-187-796635
title:
American Caesar
text:
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general for what he calls his military genius, administrative skill, and personal bravery, while criticizing his vanity, paranoia, and tendency toward insubordination. As the title suggests, Manchester's central thesis is that MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar,
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description:
1978 biography of Douglas MacArthur by William Manchester.
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Caesar
date created:
2005-06-10T23:22:07Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T04:54:12Z
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