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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] |
| − | * Manchester, William. ''American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964'' (1978). 793 pp. excellent popular history | + | * 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 |
| − | * Perret, Geoffrey. ''Old Soldiers Never Die: The Life of Douglas MacArthur.'' (1996). 663 pp. very favorable popular history | + | * 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 |