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Duty, Honor, Country - The Life of Arthur Macarthur, Jr

English · Paperback / Softback

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This is the story of Arthur MacArthur Jr who began his military career as a boy fighting in a Wisconsin regiment in the Civil War. He became one the most important military leaders of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His son Douglas once said, Of all men I have known my father was the one I most respected and admired.

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Dr. A.K. Brackob is a noted specialist in the history of southeastern Europe. His other books include Scanderbeg: A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistance to Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth Century Europe.

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On September 15, 1906, Arthur MacArthur Jr became the twelfth man in the history of the United States Army to be awarded the rank of Lieutenant General, the highest rank in the Army up to that time. This biography, based on extensive archival research, reveals the remarkable career of this great patriot and his contribution to American history.

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