MacArthur at war: World War II in the Pacific

Prologue: Monday, December 8, 1941

Part one: Escape, 1941-1942

1. First charge, first war

2. West Point to the Philippines

3. Manila before the storm

4. Lost hours

5. Blame and Bataan

6. Dugout Doug

7. Ordered out

Part two: Exile, 1942

8. Waltzing Matilda

9. CINCSWPA

10. Saving Australia

11. Kokoda Trail

12. "Take Buna, Bob..."

Part three: Redemption, 1943

13. Finishing Buna, looking ahead

14. "Skipping" the Bismarck Sea

15. Meeting Halsey

16. Bypassing Rabaul

17. One general to another

Part four: Return, 1944

18. Gambling in the Admiralties

19. Hollandia

greatest triumph?

20. Presidential ambitions, presidential summons

21. Toward the Philippines

22. Sixty minutes from defeat

Part five: Resolution, 1945

23. Return to Manila

24. Hail the conquering hero

25. "These proceedings are closed"

Epilogue: A study in superlatives.