Brief description:
From the book cover:
Mark Duggan was a man born to lead. As a second lieutenant during the Spanish American War, his heroic exploits made him a military legend. His bravery in the bloody trenches of World War I made him a national hero. And when war broke out again for the U.S. in 1941, General Mark Duggan was the natural choice to lead the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. There the general would turn a shattering defeat in the Philippines. into one of the most dramatic victories in military history. But it was during the bitter standoff on the Korean peninsula that Duggan would face his greatest struggle: a bitter fight to the finish against an American president fearful of triggering World War III.
THE GENERAL is the unforgettable portrait of a man whose public arrogance enraged presidents, whose private passions scandalized his family, but whose unyielding courage under fire was indispensable in a world at war.
Mark Duggan was a man born to lead. As a second lieutenant during the Spanish American War, his heroic exploits made him a military legend. His bravery in the bloody trenches of World War I made him a national hero. And when war broke out again for the U.S. in 1941, General Mark Duggan was the natural choice to lead the offensive against the Japanese in the Pacific. There the general would turn a shattering defeat in the Philippines. into one of the most dramatic victories in military history. But it was during the bitter standoff on the Korean peninsula that Duggan would face his greatest struggle: a bitter fight to the finish against an American president fearful of triggering World War III.
THE GENERAL is the unforgettable portrait of a man whose public arrogance enraged presidents, whose private passions scandalized his family, but whose unyielding courage under fire was indispensable in a world at war.
Publication
Bantam (1991), 451 pages