MacArthur’s Victory: The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944

306 Pages·2004·56.33 MB·English

by  Harry A. Gailey

MacArthur's Victory
The War in New Guinea, 1943-1944
Harr\ A. Gailey
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TheWarinNewGuinea,
The story of the "other" war in the Pacific, headed by
Gen.DouglasMacArthurin NewGuinea.
Upon America's entry into World War II, Gen. Douglas
MacArthurwastoldthat hisforcesintheSouthwest Pacificthe-
U
ater would be ranked number three in the armaments supply
chain,afterEuropeandtheNavy intheSouth Pacific. Facingan I
entrenchedenemyin NewGuineaandchargedwiththedefense
ofAustralia, MacArthurhadtomakedowithunderstrength U.S. HairyA.Gailey.
and Australian forces racked by previous battles and endemic
malaria.Tomakemattersworse,theleadershipoftheU.S. Navy, PROMOTION
angryovertheappointment ofMacArthurassupremecomman- FeaturedinNonfictione-newsletter
der, refusedto give himthefull cooperation he needed for his Featuredonpresidiopress.com
ultimate plan to take back the Philippines. That MacArthur Academicmarketing
achievedvictory in NewGuineaisnothinglessthanremarkable. or NOTE
Thisfascinating booktellsofhisstunningachievement in excit- Eight-pageblack-and-whitephotoinsert
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itarypersonality.
HARRY A.(i.All.KY isprofessoremeritusofmilitary historyat
San Jose State University and is the author of twenty books
including MacArthur Strikes Backand The War in the Pacific.
Heandhiswifelive inLosGatos, California.
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MacArthur's
Victory
The War in New Guinea
1943-1944
HARRY GAILEY
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MacArthur'svictorv: thewarin NewGuinea, 1943—1944/Harry A. Gailey.
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Includes bibliographicalreferencesandindex.
ISBN 0-345-46386-2
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To my son,
Major Richard D. Gailey