Preface and Acknowledgments

doi:10.7591/cornell/9780801449390.002.0006

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Preface and Acknowledgments

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October 2012

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The enduring mythology around the figure of Douglas MacArthur (1880–1964) has been sustained in both the United States and Japan. Even a half century after his death, interest in and enthusiasm for MacArthur continue to grow. More than seventy books on MacArthur have appeared in the United States. In contrast, Japanese scholars have written only a few academic studies of MacArthur, although many translations of foreign studies as well as magazine articles have been published. Sodei Rinjiro’s Makkasah’s Nisennichi (MacArthur’s 2,000 Days), published in 1974, was the first major Japanese study of MacArthur. This book follows Sodei’s, nearly forty years later.

American and Japanese accounts of MacArthur differ in their interests and focus. U.S. studies of MacArthur usually cover the eighty-four years of his life, including his relationship with his family, World War I, his period of service as Army chief of staff, his time as the military advisor in the Philippines, the war between the United States and Japan, the occupation of Japan, and his dismissal during the Korean War. They tend to treat MacArthur’s activities in each period evenly and in detail. In brief, the intellectual interest in and the evaluation of MacArthur in his homeland focus not only on his distinguished talent for strategy and extraordinary courage as a commander in dangerous battlefields, but also on his distinguished leadership as a peacetime administrator. He has won respect and credibility as one of the greatest heroes of the twentieth century, who led his nation to a glorious victory.

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