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MacArthur at war: World War II in the Pacific

By Douglas , Borneman , Walter R;MacArthur

Book information

Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Year
2016
ISBN
9780316405317, 9780316405300, 0316405302, 0316405310
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
15 MB (16038702 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
(viii, 594 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) :
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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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.;"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.

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