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Douglas MacArthur
Russell D. Buhite
其他書名
Statecraft and Stagecraft in America's East Asian Policy
出版Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2008
主題Biography & Autobiography / HistoricalBiography & Autobiography / MilitaryHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Asia / Central Asia
ISBN07425442579780742544253
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=UBV3AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋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.