This biography presents the life of American general Arthur MacArthur, Jr., from his boyhood in Wisconsin, his participation in the Civil War, until he rose to become Governor of the Philippines in the aftermath of the Spanish-American War.
A.K. Brackob has a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois. His other books include Scanderbeg: A History of George Castriota and the Albanian Resistance to Islamic Expansion in Fifteenth Century Europe.