| Tittel: | American Caesar : Douglas MacArthur 1880-1964 | | Ansvar: | William Manchester | | Forfatter: | Manchester, William  | | Materialtype: | Bøker | | Signatur: | 921 Mac | | Utgitt: | Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1978 | | Omfang: | xvii, 793 s. - ill. | | ISBN/ISSN: | 978-0-09-136500-4 | | Klassenummer: | 921 | | Emneord: | 2. verdenskrig / Biografi / Koreakrigen / Krigsoperasjoner | | Personer som emne: | Douglas MacArthur / MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 | | Geografiske emneord: | Forente stater / Japan / Stillehavet / USA | | Innhold: | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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, a proposition he supports by comparing their purported great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris.
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