Those words reveal "what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be." ...

General Douglas MacArthur (Gregory Peck) learns of his dismissal from a television broadcast, leading to his legendary final ...

There is serious talk of war in the South China Sea, as Chinese air incursions into Taiwan’s air defense space increase and the rhetoric of war becomes all too commonplace. What political scientist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “What do you think of Douglas MacArthur?” Few questions in military history are more loaded. “It’s no secret that MacArthur was ...

“Ladies and gentlemen, Gen. Douglas MacArthur,” said a Universal Studio publicist, introducing Gregory Peck to a traveling press contingent in tones grander than his usual, “The bus leaves in five ...

"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 ...

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UNDER the stress and tensions of the cold war in the West, the hot war in the East, and the word war in Washington, many Americans are thinking in military terms and about military men, our leaders in ...

Editor's note: first in a two-part series. Arthur MacArthur Jr., father of General Douglas MacArthur, was a Union Civil War hero recognized for bravery at the Battle of Missionary Ridge. MacArthur was ...