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A SOLDIER SPEAKS: Public Papers and Speeches of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by

A SOLDIER SPEAKS: Public Papers and Speeches of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur

By

Pub Date: Oct. 13th, 1965
Publisher: Praeger

A representative sample of General MacArthur's work, designed to facilitate the study of his career by the cadets at the United States Military Academy."" These selections appear in chronological order from the period when he was a rising leader in 1908 to his farewell in 1964. Between come the years as Chief of Staff, waging war in the Philippines, building a new Japan, service in Korea and recall to America. MacArthur writes of war and diplomacy; ""Old Soldiers"" and ""Duty, Honor and Country"" and much more. Of service to the service-minded.