Douglas Macarthur - Statecraft and Stagecraft in America''s East Asian Policy

Informationen zum Autor Russell D. Buhite is professor of history at the University of Missouri-Rolla. Among his numerous publications on American foreign policy! he is the author of Lives at Risk: Hostages and Victims in American Foreign Policy and the editor of Call to Arms: Presidential Speeches! Messages! and Declarations of War. Klappentext 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 communiqués 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. This is a must read for those interested in diplomatic and military history. Zusammenfassung Offers an 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. This biography of one of the most influential and controversial agents of American foreign and military policy considers diplomatic fact in light of psychological insight. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1: The Measure of the Man Chapter 2: The Philippine Years Chapter 3: "I Shall Return" Chapter 4: Victory in Japan Chapter 5: Korea: Background to War Chapter 6: Hubris Unbounded Chapter 7: Strategic Myopia Chapter 8: An Appraisal ...

Product details

• Authors: Russell D. Buhite, Buhite Russell D.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.06.2008
• EAN: 9780742544260
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4426-0
• No. of pages: 208
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 13 mm
• Series: Biographies in American Foreig; Biographies in American Foreign Policy
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, History of the Americas