THE REAL MACARTHUR? GEOFFREY PERRET ISN'T AFRAID TO CHALLENGE OTHERS' OPINIONS AS HE EXPLORES THE GENERAL'S LIFE.(COMMENTARY)(Review)

The Virginian Pilot | May 26, 1996 | Copyright

Byline: RUTH WALKER

OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE

The Life of Douglas MacArthur

GEOFFREY PERRET

Random House. 663 pp. $32.50.

In his new biography of Douglas MacArthur, Old Soldiers Never Die, Geoffrey Perret contends that the five-star general did not have the temperament of a soldier but was an intellectual who rose ``to the top of the most pragmatic of vocations.''

MacArthur led his class at West Point. He was the most decorated U.S. soldier in World War I, in which he served as chief of staff and then commander of the ...

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