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    The Emperor's General
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    The Emperor's General

    Written by James Webb

    Narrated by David Dukes

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    Captain Jay Marsh had never questioned where his ultimate loyalty lay. He had witnessed the bloody horror left behind by the retreating Japanese army during World War II's final days. And he had abandoned his beautiful Filipina fiancée to see his duty through.

    But not even Marsh could guess the terrible personal price he would have to pay for his loyalty. He would follow General Douglas MacArthur to Tokyo itself. There he would become the brilliant, egocentric general's confidant, translator, surrogate son--and spy.

    Marsh would play a dangerous game of deliberate deceit and brutal injustice in the shadow world of postwar Japan's royal palaces and geisha houses, and recognize that the defeated emperor and his wily aides were exploiting MacArthur's ruthless ambition to become the American Caesar. The Emperor's General is a dramatic human story of the loss of innocence and the seduction of power, about the conflict between honor, duty, and love, all set against an extraordinary historical backdrop.


    From the Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 4, 2000
    ISBN9780553752977
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    The Emperor's General
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    James Webb

    James Webb, former senator from Virginia, has been a combat marine, a committee counsel in the Congress, an assistant secretary of defense and secretary of the Navy, an Emmy Award–winning journalist, a filmmaker, and the author of ten books. Mr. Webb has six children and lives in Northern Virginia with his wife Hong Le, who was born in Vietnam and is a graduate of Cornell Law School.

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      Substance: MacArthur and the occupation of Japan, centered around the prosecution of Japanese general Yamashita for massacres in Manila, of which he appeared to be innocent. Intrigue and ego abound. Narrator reminds me of Nick Gatsby: too self-centered to be truly sympathetic. Yamashita's position is similar to Thomas More's: despite doing what is right, if the kIng wants your head that's what happens.Webb knows his material thoroughly and gives an insider's view of the Japanese culture and mindset contrasted with the Western viewpoint. He claims that all historical events are accurate, and reveals some that are not common knowledge except to students of the period.Yamashita comes off best of all the characters, even though MacArthur's flaws are probably inseparable from his genius (although that doesn't excuse his illegal and unethical actions).Style: Straightforward and intelligible.

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