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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. [1]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 ...
Manchester also wrote a biography of General Douglas MacArthur, American Caesar. His best-selling book, The Death of a President (1967), is a detailed account of the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy , who had been the subject of an earlier book by Manchester.
Manchester, William, American Caesar This page was last edited on 30 June 2024, at 09:47 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The book details both social history and political machinations in the period with a focus on how the New Deal, the Second World War and the Cold War influenced American culture. [1] Special attention is paid to Roosevelt's New Deal and the lasting effect it had on the U.S. government. Manchester simplifies the complex political maneuvers and ...
Manchester's book describes family members in detail from the first Krupp (circa 1500) "a shrewd chandler with a keen eye for the main chance," through the family's incarnation by the sixth generation as "Essen's uncrowned kings," to the powerful weapons company that armed Germany for three major wars, and finally the dissolution of the business.
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William Manchester: American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964: Douglas MacArthur, American military leader (1880–1964) Finalist Arthur Schlesinger: Robert Kennedy and His Times: Finalist 1981 [59] Hardcover Justin Kaplan: Walt Whitman: A Life: Walt Whitman, American poet, essayist and journalist (1819–1892) Winner [37] Robert K. Massie
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