A new biography examines the many sides of the versatile American general. Of all the great American captains of World War II, none remains more controversial than General Douglas MacArthur ...

"You couldn't shrug your shoulders at Douglas MacArthur," observes historian David McCullough. "There was nothing bland about him, nothing passive about him, nothing dull about him. There's no ...

(William Manchester subsequently wrote a best-selling biography of MacArthur, the title of which, American Caesar, implied the potential threat MacArthur posed to the American constitutional system.) ...

Gen. Douglas MacArthur was relieved of all his commands today while he was fighting his third war as an American soldier. President Truman fired the nation's senior five-star general because ...

Douglas MacArthur, flying to the Korean front again, had made a proposition to the enemy. It was a long statement, in which he first underlined what the Chinese Reds have learned of U.N. military ...

Even though the war was over, General Douglas MacArthur was embroiled in one final complex campaign. Japan’s public surrender ceremony was a momentous occasion that required flawless execution.

When Douglas MacArthur reached Australia, the U.S. and all the United Nations breathed a sigh of relief and hope: By God, they got him out! Goodbye to Bataan. The siege of Bataan was 53 days old ...