***NEAR MINT / LIKE NEW CONDITION *** FIRST EDITION PRINTING***

TO MY VALUED CUSTOMERS – I HAVE BEEN BUYING, COLLECTING AND SELLING ISSUES FROM THIS EXCELLENT SERIES SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER AND THESE WERE BEING SOLD AT OUR LOCAL BOOK STORE.  FOR WHATEVER REASON, THESE BOOKS HAVE NOT TRADITIONALLY AGED WELL.  HOWEVER, RECENTLY I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE A LARGE COLLECTION OF VOLUMES THAT ARE AS CLOSE TO MINT AS I HAVE EVER FOUND (AND LIKELY WILL EVER FIND).  I AM ABLE TO OFFER SOME OF THEM TO COLLECTORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN OBTAINING A VERY HIGH QUALITY CONDITION ISSUE.  TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST THE POSSIBILITY OF DAMAGE I WILL SHIP THEM IN 4 MIL MYLAR PROTECTIVE SLEEVES.

BALLANTINE DOUGLAS MacARTHUR US ARMY FIVE-STAR GENERAL CMOH WW1 WW2 PHILIPPINES WEST POINT

WAR LEADER No.2

BALLANTINE’S ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE VIOLENT CENTURY

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Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines Campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur, Jr., the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five men ever to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the US Army, and the only man ever to become a field marshal in the Philippine Army.

Raised in a military family in the American Old West, MacArthur was valedictorian at the West Texas Military Academy, and First Captain at the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he graduated top of the class of 1903. During the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz, he conducted a reconnaissance mission, for which he was nominated for the Medal of Honor. In 1917, he was promoted from major to colonel and became chief of staff of the 42nd (Rainbow) Division. In the fighting on the Western Front during World War I, he rose to the rank of brigadier general, was again nominated for a Medal of Honor, and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross twice and the Silver Star seven times.

From 1919 to 1922, MacArthur served as Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he attempted a series of reforms. His next assignment was in the Philippines, where in 1924 he was instrumental in quelling the Philippine Scout Mutiny. In 1925, he became the Army's youngest major general. He served on the court martial of Brigadier General Billy Mitchell and was president of the American Olympic Committee during the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. In 1930, he became Chief of Staff of the United States Army. As such, he was involved in the expulsion of the Bonus Army protesters from Washington, D.C. in 1932, and the establishment and organization of the Civilian Conservation Corps. He retired from the US Army in 1937 to become Military Advisor to the Commonwealth Government of the Philippines.