MACARTHUR, DOUGLAS

born Jan. 26, 1880, Little Rock, Ark., U.S. died April 5, 1964, Washington, D.C. MacArthur, 1945 U.S. general who commanded the Southwest Pacific Theatre in World War II, administered postwar Japan during the Allied occupation that followed, and led United Nations forces during the first nine months of the Korean War. Additional reading Two comprehensive studies are D. Clayton James, The Years of MacArthur, 3 vol. (197085), a study by a U.S. historian; and William Manchester, American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 18801964 (1978, reissued 1983), a massive, sympathetic examination of the general's character and personality. Other studies of his life and career include Frazier Hunt, The Untold Story of Douglas MacArthur (1954, reissued 1977), by an admiring correspondent; Charles A. Willoughby and John Chamberlain, MacArthur, 19411951 (1954); Courtney Whitney, MacArthur: His Rendezvous with History (1956, reprinted 1977), by a general close to MacArthur; Gavin Long, MacArthur As Military Commander (1969), a candid Australian view; Carol Morris Petillo, Douglas MacArthur, the Philippine Years (1981), a psychobiography; and Paul P. Rogers, The Good Years: MacArthur and Sutherland (1990), and The Bitter Years: MacArthur and Sutherland (1991), detailing the periods 194142 and 194345, respectively.