Of all the great American captains of World War II, none remains more controversial than General Douglas MacArthur, whose genius and folly have taken on mythic proportions. MacArthur alone among ...

Douglas MacArthur. The general had been a bedrock of post-World War II culture in the Pacific region, managing the occupation of Japan and famously leading the counterattack against North Korea ...

General Douglas MacArthur, 1905. Library of Congress. Douglas MacArthur lived his entire life, from cradle to grave, in the United States Army. He spent his early years in remote sections of New ...

That was the Presidential candidacy of General Douglas MacArthur. For a year and more the polls had shown MacArthur to be a likely contender. There could be no doubt that hundreds of thousands of ...

Truman ordered MacArthur to keep his opinions to himself. But the general made sure that his thoughts made their way into the public debate. He went a step too far, though, when he wrote a letter ...

The brazen courting of Chinese Australians ahead of Sunday’s vote is a welcome departure from the nation’s last federal ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Douglas MacArthur is a General for the U.S. Army with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1952 Speech. Appearances by Title:c. July 7 ...

Even though the war was over, General Douglas MacArthur was embroiled in one final complex campaign. Japan’s public surrender ceremony was a momentous occasion that required flawless execution.