REPORTS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR U.S. ARMY CENTER MILITARY HISTORY CMH 13-1 TO 13-4

Description: Offered by Over The Blue Horizon is a rarely-offered, complete, and pristine set of the “REPORTS OF GENERAL MACARTHUR”, Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 4 -- published by the U.S. Army’s Center of Military History (CMH). This four volume set (CMH Pubs 13-1 through 13-4) is the 1994 reprint reproduced by the U.S. Army exactly as they were printed by General MacArthur's Tokyo headquarters in 1950, except for the addition of a foreword and indexes. Volume I is “The Campaigns of MacArthur in the Pacific”, 490 pages; Volume I Supplement is “MacArthur in Japan: The Occupation: Military Phase”, 312 pages; Volume II Part I is “Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area,” and Volume II Part II is “Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area,” with both parts of Volume II totaling 803 pages. General MacArthur’s reports, by definition, were Government property and the general turned over these volumes and related source materials to the Department of the Army upon retirement in 1953. In Army and National Archives custody, these materials have been available for research although not easily accessible. While he lived, General MacArthur was unwilling to approve the reproduction and dissemination of these ‘Reports’ because he believed they needed further editing and correction of some inaccuracies. His passing permits publication but not the corrections he deemed desirable. In publishing them, the Department of the Army disclaimed any responsibility for their accuracy, but the Army also recognized that these volumes have substantial and enduring value, and it believed the American people were entitled to have them made widely available through government publication. The preliminary work for compiling the MacArthur volumes began in 1943 within the G-3 Section of his General Staff, and was carried forward after the war by members of the G-2 Section, headed by Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby with Professor Gordon W. Prange, on leave from the University of Maryland, as his principal professional assistant. Volume I narrates the operations of forces under General MacArthur's command from the Japanese attack on Luzon in 1941 through the surrender in 1945. While service histories have covered much of the same ground in separate volumes, no single detailed narrative of General MacArthur's leadership as commander of the Southwest Pacific Area has yet appeared to match these volumes. Chapters dealing with the reconquest of Borneo, plans for the invasion of Japan, and the Japanese surrender make a distinctly new contribution. The separate Volume I Supplement describes the military phase of the occupation through December 1948, reporting events not treated elsewhere in American publications. The two separate books of Volume II of the ‘Reports’ represents the contributions of Japanese officers employed to tell their story of operations against MacArthur's forces. This addressal of Japanese operations brings together a mass of information on the enemy now only partially available in many separate works. Collectively, the ‘Reports’ is of wide interest and value to the American people generally, as well as to students of military affairs. They are an illuminating record of momentous events influenced in large measure by a distinguished American soldier. Condition of these handsome 9.5 x 12 inch, red-cloth hardcovers with gold gilt lettering and embossing is BRAND NEW. They were obtained excess from a closing military facility and have clearly never been issued/used. At one time, these volumes were available through the U.S. Government Printing Office but we believe this is no longer the case. This exceptionally difficult-to-obtain set is an absolute must-have for any serious student of General MacArthur or World War II in the Pacific. Note that Over the Blue Horizon ships from the USA with FREE shipping; they will be sent United States Postal Service (USPS) MEDIA MAIL because these four oversized volumes weigh almost 30 pounds! eBay charges sales tax for certain states; Over the Blue Horizon charges Hawaii residents state general excise tax. Your purchase will be carefully wrapped to ensure that it arrives in the same condition as described in the eBay listing. If you are not happy with your purchase for whatever reason, we will work something out -- your satisfaction is GUARANTEED. Regardless of where you are in the world, buy with confidence from a well-established eBay merchant with a sterling reputation and an exceptionally high customer satisfaction rate.

Price: 199.99 USD

Location: Kailua, Hawaii

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