Redemption: MacArthur and the campaign for the Philippines

REVIEW BY GRAHAM GOODLAD General Douglas MacArthur is arguably the most controversial military leader in US history. His command career was bookended by two divisive episodes. As Army Chief of Staff in 1932, he earned notoriety for forcibly removing the ‘Bonus Army’ of unemployed servicemen protestors from Washington DC. Almost two decades later, he was sacked by President Truman, following a public falling out over his call to extend the Korean War to China. It was with the Philippines, however – a US territory from 1898 to 1946 – that MacArthur’s career was inextricably entwined. He served there as a young officer before World War I, and returned to head the Philippines armed