Douglas MacArthur Quotes
There is no substitute for victory.
Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964, General of the U. S. Army and Supreme Commander of the U. N. forces in Korea, Chief of Allied Occupation Forces in Japan, Speech to Congress, 1951
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Asked to estimate his chances of winning his next reelection attempt:
America had more than one ancient exemplar of the problem of the Iraq War. The great Carthaginian General Hannibal was brilliant in war but tended to lose the benefits of victory by lack of planning and poor administration and geopolitical strategy. He could never “win the peace.” See {589454} for his view of the two phases of conflict.
The King was correct in what had happened but had poor intelligence as to the strategic significance of the two Forts in the Lake George, New York area. The forts controlled the northern end of Lake George and the southern end of Lake Champlain---the major waterway from Canada into the Hudson Valley. The British victory had no effect on the Americans because the British already controlled Canada and the Americans were no longer trading with Canada before Ticonderoga and Defiance were taken back by the British.
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the rank of General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and the only one conferred the rank of field marshal in the Philippine Army.
