Dimensions
154 x 234 x 29mm
It's 1945 and General Douglas MacArthur has successfully engineered the Allied triumph in the Pacific. Captain Jay Marsh - an awe-struck but observant young aide-de-camp - spends his days eagerly attending MacArthur. But Marsh becomes ensnared in an inescapable web of intrigue as he discovers that MacArthur is in unlikely collusion with Japan's Emperor. MacArthur's quest to become an American Caesar and rule over his conquered Japanese subjects, along with Japan's carefully constructed strategies to preserve their imperial system, deeply confound Marsh's devotion to his country and to the beautiful Filipina woman with whom he's fallen in love. Culminating in the spurious trial of General Tomoyuki Tamuschita, Japan's greatest warrior, The Emperor's General brilliantly portrays the epic battle of wills between America's greatest general and a country with a genius for self-preservation. It is also a dramatic human story of the loss of innocence and the seduction of power, about honour and love, all set against an extraordinary historical backdrop.
