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* Leary, William M., ed. ''MacArthur and the American Century: A Reader.'' (2001). 522 pp.; articles by scholars
 
* 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]
 
* 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]
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* Manchester, William. ''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' (1978). 793 pp. excellent popular history
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* Manchester, William. ''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' (1978). 793 pp. lively popular biography that like the general himself is noble and ignoble, inspiring and outrageous, arrogant and flamboyant, imperious, and apocalyptic
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* Perret, Geoffrey. ''Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur.'' (1996). 663 pp.  very favorable popular history
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* Perret, Geoffrey. ''Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur.'' (1996). 663 pp.  good popular biography; shows the gerneral's extraordinary self-discipline and implacable, inexhaustible willpower
 
* Petillo, Carol Morris. ''Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years.'' (1981). 301 pp.
 
* 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  
 
* Schaller, Michael. ''Douglas MacArthur: The Far Eastern General'' (1989). 320 pp.  attack from New Left  
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