For the Iggy Pop album, see American Caesar (album).
1978 biography of Douglas MacArthur by William Manchester.
American Caesar
First edition
Author
William Manchester
Country
United States
Language
English
Subject
Biography
Genre
Non-fiction
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Publication date
September 30, 1978
Pages
793
ISBN
9780316544986
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880–1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester.[1]
Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general for what he calls his military genius, administrative skill, and personal bravery, while criticizing his vanity, paranoia, and tendency toward insubordination. As the title suggests, Manchester's central thesis is that MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar, a proposition he supports by comparing their purported great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris.
It was made into a series in 1983 hosted by John Huston.
^Pogue, Forrest (1979). "The Military in a Democracy: A Review". International Security. 3 (4): 58–80. doi:10.2307/2626763. ISSN 0162-2889.
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