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The Most Dangerous Man in America: The Making of Douglas MacArthur

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by Perry, Mark


  Sherrod, Robert, 162

  Sherwood, Robert, 323–324

  Shigemitsu, Mamoru, 349–350

  Sho-Go plan (Japanese), 290–291

  Shoumatoff, Elizabeth, 326

  Sibert, Franklin, 296, 297

  Simonds, George, 38, 40, 48–49, 50

  Singapore, 68, 139, 143

  Skerry, Harry, 115

  Smith, Herbert C. “Stutterin’,” 215, 218

  Smith, Holland “Howlin’ Mad,” 313

  Solomon Islands, 193–194, 201–202, 205–206, 224–225, 232, 257. See also Guadalcanal; specific cities, etc.

  Somervell, Brehon, 330–331

  South Luzon Force, 67, 97, 99–100, 108–109

  Sprague, Clifton, 293–294

  Spruance, Raymond, 103, 189, 231, 268, 342

  and Iwo Jima and Okinawa war plan, 281, 286, 306, 313

  Stalin, Joseph, 96, 317–318

  Stark, Harold, 92–93, 102, 104, 107

  Stillwell, Joseph “Vinegar Joe,” 344–345

  Stimson, Henry, 92, 144, 146, 163, 173, 175, 326, 329–330, 331, 348

  and Bataan, promise of relief in, 119–120, 124–125

  and Operation Sledgehammer, 189–190

  and Philippine independence and neutrality, 126–127

  and Philippines, abandonment of, 124–125

  as secretary of war, 65, 66

  Suckley, Daisy, 326

  Sutherland, Richard, 63, 168, 222, 233, 244, 282, 358

  and Australia, evacuation to, 148, 149–150

  and Battle of Bataan, 129–130

  and Casablanca Conference, 1943, 231, 232

  and Clarke, Elaine, 283–284, 307

  and Harding, Edwin, assessment of, 217–218

  and Japan, surrender of, 346

  and Kenney, George, 192–193

  and Krueger, Walter, 284

  and MacArthur, 160, 283–284, 307, 339–340

  and Marshall, George, 339–340

  and Operation Cartwheel, 242

  and overall commander in the Pacific debate, 256

  and Pearl Harbor attack, 71–73

  and Philippines, U.S. airfield attack in, responsibility for, 81, 83, 85

  and Quezón, and monetary compensation, 118

  Suzuki, Sosaku, 299

  Swift, Innis Palmer, 300

  Swing, Joseph, 299, 315, 319, 320

  Tacloban, Leyte, 305, 308

  Taft, William Howard, 20

  Tarakan, 340–341

  Tarawa, 88, 246

  Thailand, 88

  Thomas, George, 235

  Thomas, Norman, 12

  Toem, 263, 264

  Tojo, Hideki, 68, 176, 276

  Toyoda, Soemu, 290–292, 294

  Truman, Harry, 82, 340, 346, 353, 354

  Tugwell, Rexford, 280

  Tulagi, 194

  Turner, Richmond Kelly, 204

  Twining, Nathan, 231

  Umezu, Yoshijiro, 350

  U.S. Air Force, 31

  U.S. Army, 37

  U.S. Army Air Corps, 27–28, 31–32

  U.S. Army Air Force, 32

  U.S. army budget, 2, 7, 8, 9–10, 12–13, 13–16, 16–19, 36–37, 40–41

  and army officer corps, 4, 5, 6, 9–10, 11, 13, 26, 42

  and Public Works Administration, 18–19

  U.S. Army Forces Far East (USAFFE), 65–66, 67, 74, 76–77

  U.S. army officer corps, 4, 5, 6, 9–10, 11, 13, 26, 42

  U.S. officers, 136, 226–227. See also specific officers

  U.S. soldiers

  and disease, 135, 139, 217–218, 223, 225, 236, 239

  and food supply, 135, 139, 147, 203

  USAFFE. See U.S. Army Forces Far East

  Vandegrift, Alexander Archer, 202–204, 217, 224

  Vandenberg, Arthur, 233, 267

  Vargas, Jorge, 95, 110

  Vasey, George Alan, 213, 214, 241

  Vigan, 86–87, 88

  Visayan-Mindanao Force, 67

  Von Rundstedt, Gerd, 138

  Wachi, Takeji, 148

  Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew “Skinny,” 67, 87, 90, 93, 95, 96, 108–109, 162, 358

  and Bataan, retreat into, 112–118

  and Bataan, surrender of, 169–171

  and Bataan, surrender of, responsibility for, 174–176

  and Battle of Bataan, 119, 122–123, 129–131, 133–134, 139

  as commander of forces in Philippines, 149–151

  and Corregidor, surrender of, 171–172

  and Homma, Masaharu, 97–100

  and Japan, surrender of, 348–349, 350, 351

  and Japanese military, strength of, 139

  Marshall’s recommendation for award to, 175

  and Pierce, Clinton, promotion of, 133–134

  as POW, 279

  and Truman, Harry, 340

  Wairopi, 199–200

  Wakde, 263, 264–265

  Wake Islands, 88

  Wallace, Henry, 18

  White, Horton, 312–313

  Whitehead, Ennis “Whitey,” 195, 239, 252, 267, 286, 358

  Whitney, Courtney, 168, 307, 334–335, 358–359

  Wilkinson, Theodore, 286, 300

  Willkie, Wendell, 145

  Willoughby, Charles, 164, 168, 197, 211–212, 228, 253, 262, 359

  Wilson, Sir Charles, 185–186

  Winant, John, 339

  Woodring, Harry, 48, 49

  Wooten, George, 240

  World War I, 84, 161

  World War II

  and American warfare, principles of, 277

  casualties, 76, 85, 118, 214–215, 225, 229, 236, 246, 247, 264–265, 275, 281, 297, 298, 299, 308, 309, 322–323

  and France, second front in, 182, 183–186, 189–191

  and Germany-first war strategy, 95, 100, 141, 182–183

  and Pacific, second front in, 190–191

  Pacific areas, 158 (map)

  and two-front war strategy, debate over, 178–183

  and U.S. war effort, 330–331

  and war strategy, 164–166

  See also specific battle sites; battles; officers, etc.

  Yalta Conference, 316–318

  Yamamoto, Isoroku, 85–86, 138, 187, 189, 224, 238

  Yamashita, Tomoyuki, 138, 277–278, 287, 294–295, 299, 359

  and Lingayen Gulf, 309, 311

  and Luzon, 300, 301, 305–306, 312–313, 314–315

  and Manila, 318–319

  Yokoyama, Shizuo, 319–320

  Zhukov, Georgy, 275

 

 

 


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