This book is titles "American Caesar - Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)" by William Manchester. Little, Brown and Company published the book that has a 1978 copyright. This is a First Edition - eighth printing.
This is a very interesting book on the life of General Douglas MacArthur. There are many pictures and maps throughout the book. From the dust jacket:
"He was a great thundering paradox of a man, noble an , inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and shy, the best of men and the worst of men, the most protean, most ridiculous, and most sublime. No more baffling, exasperating soldier ever wore a uniform. 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 charm, a will of iron, and a soaring intellect. Unquestionably, he was the most gifted man-at-arms this nation has produced," by William Manchester.
The inside front and back cover has a full Chronology of MacArthur's life.
The book is in excellent condition - inside and out. The outer dust jacket has minor edge wear. The hard back cover is in "like new" condition. The interior pages are extremely "like new" clean - no writing or dog-ears. Little, Brown and Company of Boston and Toronto published the book that has a 1978 copyright. This is an eighth printing. The book has 793 pages including the indexes.
I would consider this book gift quality!
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