[Erakad]

A narcissist perhaps, but just to talk about what compelled him for the amphibious assualt at Inchon, why he screwed up in PI, what went through his mind when he challenged Truman...on and on. Quote one author:

Douglas MacArthur was, to paraphrase Charles Dickens, the best of generals and the worst of generals. At his best, in both World War II (q.v) and the Korean War, he showed a mastery of the operational art unmatched by any other American general in the twentieth century. At his worst, he showed appalling lapses of strategic judgment and a disturbing lack of propriety in his relationship with the national command authority.

I think if you question the troops on their generals, you'll get a variety of opinions. Gen Franks...there's a case, and need we get into Wesley Clarke.... Still, to read MacArthur's farewell address to the corp at West Point...well, I think I'll forgive his narcissist tendencies.

My son had another interesting one to talk with -- Theador Roosevelt.