Douglas MacArthur

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The purpose of this paper is to introduce, discuss and analyze the topic of Douglas MacArthur. Specifically it discusses his childhood education, family and military career. It looks at how Douglas MacArthur is perhaps one of the most well known army generals in history and how his career spanned three wars. It also discusses how he left his post in disgrace after President Harry Truman fired him during the Korean War.

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"Douglas MacArthur was the son of Captain Arthur MacArthur and Mary Pinkney Hardy MacArthur. He was born at the U.S. Army Arsenal in Little Rock, Arkansas on January 26, 1880. He spent most of his childhood moving from one Army base to another, never calling any one place "home." He attended West Texas Military Academy from the time he was thirteen to seventeen, and entered West Point in 1899. He graduated from West Point in 1903, placing first in a class of 94 cadets. Right after he graduated, he traveled to the Philippines, and served four duty tours there during his career. In fact, many people believe he came to know Asians better than he knew or understood Americans, and this may have led to his eventual downfall as General of the Army. "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Lutz, David W. "The Exercise of Military Judgment: A Philosophical Investigation of the Virtues and Vices of General Douglas MacArthur." Journal of Power and Ethics 1, no. 1 (2000): 68.
• Macarthur, General Douglas. "'Duty, Honor, Country': "Those Three Hallowed Words Reverently Dictate What You Ought to Be, What You Can Be, What You Will Be." The New American, 24 February 2003, 37+.
• Patterson, Amy, Wynell Schamel, and Lee Ann Potter. "Truman's Firing of General Douglas Macarthur during the Korean War." Social Education 64, no. 7 (2000): 441.
• Rasor, Eugene L. General Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1994.

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