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* I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
* I promise to keep on living as though I expected to live forever. Nobody grows old by merely living a number of years. People grow old only by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up interest wrinkles the soul.
==Further reading==
===Biographies===
* Buhite, Russell D. ''Douglas MacArthur: Statecraft and Stagecraft in America's East Asian Policy'' (Biographies in American Foreign Policy) (2008) , by leading diplomatic historian
* Frank, Richard B. ''MacArthur'' (2009), short summary by leading military historian
* James, D. Clayton. ''The Years of MacArthur, ''The Years of MacArthur Volume I, 1880–1941'' (1970); the standard scholarly biography
** James, D. Clayton. ''The Years of MacArthur, 1941-1945: Vol 2.'' (1975). 939 pp.
** James, D. Clayton. ''The Years of MacArthur. Vol. 3: Triumph and Disaster, 1945-1964'' (1985). 848 pp.
* Leary, William M., ed. ''MacArthur and the American Century: A Reader.'' (2001). 522 pp.; articles by scholars
* MacArthur, Douglas. ''Reminisceses'' (1964), good autobiography; primnary source [http://www.amazon.com/Reminiscences-Douglas-MacArthur/dp/1557504830/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261032050&sr=1-3 excerpt and text search]
* Manchester, William. ''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' (1978). 793 pp. excellent popular history
* Perret, Geoffrey. ''Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur.'' (1996). 663 pp. very favorable popular history
* Petillo, Carol Morris. ''Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years.'' (1981). 301 pp.
* Schaller, Michael. ''Douglas MacArthur: The Far Eastern General'' (1989). 320 pp. attack from New Left
===MacArthur's people and campaigns===
* Chwialkowski, Paul. ''In Caesar's Shadow: The Life of General Robert Eichelberger'' (1993). 227 pp.
* Leary, William M., ed. ''We Shall Return! MacArthur's Commanders and the Defeat of Japan'' (1988). 305 pp.
* Rogers, Paul P. ''The Good Years: MacArthur and Sutherland. Vol. 1'' (1990). 380 pp.; ''The Bitter Years: MacArthur and Sutherland Vol. 2.'' (1990). 348 pp. the gernal's powerful chief of staff
* Taaffe, Stephen R. ''MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign'' (1998). 312 pp.
===Postwar Japan===
* Cohen, Theodore. ''Remaking Japan: The American Occupation as New Deal.'' (1987). 533 pp.
* Finn, Richard B. ''Winners in Peace: MacArthur, Yoshida, and Postwar Japan.'' (1992). 413 pp.
* Harvey, Robert. ''American Shogun: General MacArthur, Emperor Hirohito and the Drama of Modern Japan'' (2007)
== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
*[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm Complete text and audio of his Farewell to Congress, April 19, 1951.]
*[http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/douglasmacarthurfarewelladdress.htm Complete text and audio of his Farewell to Congress, April 19, 1951.]
*[http://korea50.army.mil/history/biographies/macarthur.shtml Douglas MacArthur] The Department of Defense, 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration.
*[http://korea50.army.mil/history/biographies/macarthur.shtml Douglas MacArthur] The Department of Defense, 50th Anniversary of the Korean War Commemoration.