美国的恺撒大帝：麦克阿瑟（下）

American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 #2

by William Manchester, 威廉·曼彻斯特, 黄瑶 (Translator)

他是一个极其矛盾的男人，既高尚尊贵又龌龊卑贱，既令人振奋又使人震惊，既狂傲自大又腼腆羞怯。他堪称人中豪杰，同时又是一个卑鄙小人。他两面三刀、荒唐至极，却又卓尔不群。他超凡的个人魅力、钢铁般的意志和过人的智慧无疑成就了美国天赋异禀的军人。万夫莫敌的他拥有22枚奖章（其中有13枚都是为了表彰他的英雄事迹），大概足以超越美国历史上的任何一位大人物。

在他英勇无畏、坚定刚毅的硬汉外表之下，其实还隐藏着桀骜不驯、急躁敏感、常常泣下沾襟的一面。他渴望公众的赞誉，却因得罪新闻界而不得人心。“二战”结束之后，他对于战败的日本表现得十分宽容，却因两位日本将军与他作对而处决了他们。20 世纪40 年代，他凭借在堪培拉、马尼拉和东京的战役东山再起，成为民族英雄，但从未在华盛顿政坛中出人头地。

在丘吉尔眼中，他是一名“战果辉煌的指挥官”；在蒙哥马利看来，他是“二战”时期美国“无畏的战士”；对于阿兰·布鲁克子爵来说，他可谓是“战争催生出来的伟大的将军和军事家”。在美好的年华里，他为我们描述了一段跨越了整个世纪的传奇，而那才是他应该被我们铭记的模样。这段传奇开篇于血雨腥风的1863 年，萌芽在田纳西州一座战火纷飞的山坡上。

Genres: Biography

452 pages, Hardcover

Published October 1, 2017

About the author

William Raymond Manchester was an American author and biographer, notable as the bestselling author of 18 books that have been translated into 20 languages.He was awarded the National Humanities Medal and the Abraham Lincoln Literary Award.

Reviews

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Manchester is a superb biographer. I have read, and now listened to, this biography and learned each time. MacArthur's contemporaries described him as someone you could only love or hate, yet Manchester has managed to present a sympathetic biography that is still appropriately critical. All the more remarkable since Manchester himself served in the Pacific Theatre. Highly recommend this biography in any version.

[Matthew Manley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good biography of a popular American general. Very well written.