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MacArthur at war : World War II in the Pacific / Walter R. Borneman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2016Copyright date: Ã2016Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 594 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780316405324 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 355.0092
LOC classification:
  • 002 E 745 B736m 2016
Contents:
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.
Summary: "The author of the national best-seller The Admirals chronicles General Douglas MacArthur's amazing rise during World War II,"--Amazon.com.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Recursos Regionales Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso) 002 E 745 B736m 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000114583

Includes bibliographical references (pages 561-577) and index.

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.

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