OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE: THE LIFE OF DOUGLAS MACARTHUR

Author: Geoffrey Perret

Publisher: Andre Deutsch

Year published: 1996

Pagination: 663pp, photos, maps, notes, index

Condition: Good in dw, light marks on page edges.

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In the fighting on the Western Front during World War I, MacArthur rose to the rank of Brigadier General. He was recalled to active duty in 1941 as commander of U.S. Army Forces Far East. A series of disasters starting with the destruction of his air force on 8 December 1941, and the invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese compelled a withdrawal to Bataan. In March 1942, after an escape to Australia from Corregidor Island in PT boats MacArthur became Supreme Commander, Southwest Pacific Area. After more than two years of fighting, he fulfilled a promise to return to the Philippines. He officially accepted Japan's surrender on 2 September 1945, and oversaw the occupation of Japan from 1945 to 1951