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Old soldiers never die : the life of Douglas MacArthur

In the first cradle-to-grave biography of MacArthur in nearly 20 years, Perret reveals new information and offers fresh insights into this landmark figure of American history. From his obsessive interest in becoming the most highly decorated soldier in American history to his disastrous flirtation with presidential politics, MacArthur is revealed, warts and all
Print Book, English, ©1996
Random House, New York, ©1996
collective biographies
xii, 663 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
9780679428824, 0679428828
32396366
The sound of bugles
The happiest years
The corps, and the corps, and the corps
A tragic joke
Woodwork
Soldier's soldier
The dominant feature
Bon!
Americans don't quit
D'Artagnan of the army
The noblest development of mankind
Sir boss
Great men
The army of the far east
Times when men must die
I shall return
These days of stress
You must go forward
The continuous application of airpower
Boom! Boom!
My Ku Klux Klan
A new kind of warfare
I will push on that plan
Rally to me
Go to Manila
It will terminate this year
Big number one
Let history decide
Ten thousand angels
With one arm tied behind my back
We're going home
I bid you goodbye