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Two comprehensive studies are D. Clayton James, The Years of MacArthur, 3 vol. (1970–85), a study by a U.S. historian; and William Manchester, American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964 (1978, reissued 1983), a massive, sympathetic examination of the general’s character and personality. Other studies of his life and career include Frazier Hunt, The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur (1954, reissued 1977), by an admiring correspondent; Charles A. Willoughby and John Chamberlain, MacArthur, 1941–1951 (1954); Courtney Whitney, MacArthur: His Rendezvous with History (1956, reprinted 1977), by a general close to MacArthur; Gavin Long, MacArthur As Military Commander (1969), a candid Australian view; Carol Morris Petillo, Douglas MacArthur, the Philippine Years (1981), a psychobiography; and Paul P. Rogers, The Good Years: MacArthur and Sutherland (1990), and The Bitter Years: MacArthur and Sutherland (1991), detailing the periods 1941–42 and 1943–45, respectively.
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| Modified link of Web site: PBS - American Experience - Douglas MacArthur. | Sep 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of MacArthur Memorial. | May 05, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Apr 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 22, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: World War II Database - Douglas MacArthur. | Jan 17, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Nightlife - This Week in History - Macarthur. | Oct 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chapman University Digital Commons - MacArthur and Frozen Chosin: An Analysis of the Press Coverage of Douglas MacArthur during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir (PDF). | Aug 22, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: 1914-1918- online - International Encyclopedia of First World War - Douglas MacArthur. | Mar 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - The MacArthur No One Knew. | Dec 16, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National WWII Museum - MacArthur Returns to the Philippines. | Oct 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Douglas Macarthur. | Jul 31, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Bill of Rights Institute - Truman fires General Douglas MacArthur. | Jun 18, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CALS Encyclopedia of Arkansas - Douglas MacArthur (1880�1964). | May 08, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Society for American Baseball Research - Douglas MacArthur. | Oct 17, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wilson Center Digital Archive - Douglas MacArthur. | Aug 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Army - Douglas MacArthur. | Jul 05, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of MacArthur Memorial. | Mar 31, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 09, 2021 | ||
| Media added. | Jan 16, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - Biography of Douglas MacArthur. | Feb 14, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Aug 01, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - Douglas MacArthur. | Apr 02, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian Dictionary of Biography - Douglas MacArthur. | Jan 15, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Learning Site - Biography of Douglas MacArthur. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of Douglas MacArthur. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Public Broadcasting Service - Biography of MacArthur. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Media added. | Jul 13, 2011 | ||
| Added historical newsreel. | Sep 02, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of Douglas MacArthur. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Library of Congress - Old Soldiers Never Die. | Oct 03, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS Online - MacArthur. | Jul 13, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: PBS Online - MacArthur. | Jul 13, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 31, 2004 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jan 12, 2000 |