MacArthur at war : World War II in the Pacific
題名:
MacArthur at war : World War II in the Pacific
著者:
Borneman, Walter R., 1952-
ISBN（國際標準書號）:
9780316405324
版本:
First edition.
出版資訊:
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016.
規格:
viii, 594 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
摘要:
"The author of the national best-seller The Admirals chronicles General Douglas MacArthur's amazing rise during World War II,"-- Amazon.com.
Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Part One: Escape, 1941-1942 -- 1. First charge, first war -- 2. West Point to the Philippines -- 3. Manila before the storm -- 4. Lost hours -- 5. Blame and Bataan -- 6. Dugout Doug -- 7. Ordered out -- Part Two: Exile, 1942 -- 8. Waltzing Matilda -- 9. CINCSWPA -- 10. Saving Australia -- 11. Kokoda Trail -- 12. "Take Buna, Bob..." -- Part Three: Redemption, 1943 -- 13. Finishing Buna, looking ahead -- 14. "Skipping" the Bismarck Sea -- 15. Meeting Halsey -- 16. Bypassing Rabaul -- 17. One General to another -- Part Four: Return, 1944 -- 18. Gambling in the Admiralties -- 19. Hollandia-- greatest triumph? -- 20. Presidential ambitions, presidential summons -- 21. Toward the Philippines -- 22. Sixty minutes from defeat -- Part Five: Resolution, 1945 -- 23. Return to Manila -- 24. Hail the conquering hero -- 25. "These proceedings are closed" -- Epilogue: A study in superlatives.
主題:
| Generals -- United States -- Biography. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area. |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Naval operations, American. |
| MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964. |
| United States. Army -- Officers -- Biography. |
摘要:
"The author of the national best-seller The Admirals chronicles General Douglas MacArthur's amazing rise during World War II,"--
Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941 -- Part One: Escape, 1941-1942 -- 1. First charge, first war -- 2. West Point to the Philippines -- 3. Manila before the storm -- 4. Lost hours -- 5. Blame and Bataan -- 6. Dugout Doug -- 7. Ordered out -- Part Two: Exile, 1942 -- 8. Waltzing Matilda -- 9. CINCSWPA -- 10. Saving Australia -- 11. Kokoda Trail -- 12. "Take Buna, Bob..." -- Part Three: Redemption, 1943 -- 13. Finishing Buna, looking ahead -- 14. "Skipping" the Bismarck Sea -- 15. Meeting Halsey -- 16. Bypassing Rabaul -- 17. One General to another -- Part Four: Return, 1944 -- 18. Gambling in the Admiralties -- 19. Hollandia-- greatest triumph? -- 20. Presidential ambitions, presidential summons -- 21. Toward the Philippines -- 22. Sixty minutes from defeat -- Part Five: Resolution, 1945 -- 23. Return to Manila -- 24. Hail the conquering hero -- 25. "These proceedings are closed" -- Epilogue: A study in superlatives.