It is moving because he was a man of vision. The narrative is gripping because the General's life was fascinating. Now, one of our most outstanding writers, after a meticulous three-year examination of the record, presents his startling conclusions in this superb book. And they are all wrong, because their premises are rooted in apocrypha. Unquestionably he was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced.-William Manchester Virtually all Americans above a certain age hold strong opinions about Douglas MacArthur. Yet he was also endowed with great personal charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect.
Flamboyant, imperious, and apocalyptic, he carried the plumage of a flamingo, could not acknowledge errors, and tried to cover up his mistakes with sly, childish tricks. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. This Description may be from another edition of this product.ĭouglas MacArthur] was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime.
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