Mcarthur's Jungle War by Stephen R Taaffe

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Mcarthur's Jungle War by Stephen R Taaffe

When General Douglas MacArthur led Allied troops into the jungles of New Guinea in World War II, he was already looking ahead. By successfully leapfrogging Japanese forces on that island, he placed his armies in a position to fulfill his personal promise to liberate the Philippines.
Taaffe, Stephen R.: - Stephen R. Taafee is Professor of History at Stephen F. Austin State University, teaching American military and diplomatic history. Born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio, he attended Grove City College in Pennsylvania for his undergraduate degrees, and Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, for his MA and Phd. He resides with his wife and three children in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is the author of MacArthur's Jungle War: The 1944 New Guinea Campaign, The Philadelphia Campaign, and Commanding the Army of the Potomac.
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ISBN 13 9780700608706
ISBN 10 0700608702
Title Mcarthur's Jungle War
Author Stephen R Taaffe
Series Modern War Studies
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher University Press of Kansas
Year published 1998-01-31
Number of pages 328
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