Language English ISBN 0-09-136510-4 Name American Caesar Page count 793 | Pages 793 Country United States of America | |
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Publication date September 30, 1978 Originally published September 30, 1978 | ||
American caesar douglas macarthur
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 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, a proposition he supports by noting their great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris.
It was made into a four-part documentary series in 1983 hosted by John Huston.
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