Douglas MacArthur : statecraft and stagecraft in America's East Asian policy

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The work Douglas MacArthur : statecraft and stagecraft in America's East Asian policy represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Sydney Jones Library, University of Liverpool. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

Label

Douglas MacArthur : statecraft and stagecraft in America's East Asian policy

Title remainder

statecraft and stagecraft in America's East Asian policy

Statement of responsibility

Russell D. Buhite

Creator

• Buhite, Russell D

Subject

• East Asia -- History, Military -- 20th century
• Generals -- United States -- Biography
• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964 -- Political and social views
• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1933-1945
• East Asia -- Foreign relations -- United States
• United States -- Foreign relations -- East Asia
• United States -- History, Military -- 20th century
• United States, Army -- Biography
• United States, Army -- Biography.
• United States -- Foreign relations -- 1945-1953

Genre

• Biography.
• Biography

Language

eng

Summary

"Buhite offers a trenchant evaluation of Douglas MacArthur's career in east Asia and his role in some of the most important military and diplomatic issues of the twentieth century. Concise and highly readable, this biography considers diplomatic fact in light of psychological insight, and asks us to look anew at both MacArthur and American involvement in the region." "From Manila to Washington, with Tokyo and Seoul in between, readers follow the course of American foreign diplomacy in east Asia via MacArthur's own career. This fascinating intersection of personality and policy would make for newsreel footage and newspaper headlines, such as when he waded ashore Luzon Island in the Philippines and sent Washington provocative communiques about the People's Republic of China. Yet, as Buhite shows, grand gestures are not the substance of great foreign policy, and MacArthur's reputation merits critical reassessment."--BOOK JACKET

Biography type

individual biography

Cataloging source

DLC

Index

index present

LC call number

E745.M3

LC item number

B78 2008

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Biographies in American foreign policy