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The Emperor's General

A Novel

A Novel

By James Webb

By James Webb

By James Webb

By James Webb

By James Webb
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    About The Emperor’s General

    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.

    About The Emperor’s General

    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.

    About The Emperor’s General

    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.

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    About James Webb

    James Webb, who has worked and traveled in Vietnam extensively since 1991, was one of the most highly decorated combat Marines of the Vietnam War. An attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist, he has served as Secretary of the Navy, Assistant… More about James Webb

    About James Webb

    James Webb, who has worked and traveled in Vietnam extensively since 1991, was one of the most highly decorated combat Marines of the Vietnam War. An attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist, he has served as Secretary of the Navy, Assistant… More about James Webb

    About James Webb

    James Webb, who has worked and traveled in Vietnam extensively since 1991, was one of the most highly decorated combat Marines of the Vietnam War. An attorney and Emmy Award-winning journalist, he has served as Secretary of the Navy, Assistant… More about James Webb

    Product Details

    Category: Military Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Espionage Mysteries

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Bantam
    Jan 04, 2000 | 480 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780553578546

    Category: Military Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Espionage Mysteries

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Bantam
    Oct 07, 2009 | 480 Pages | ISBN 9780307567451

    Category: Military Fiction | Historical Fiction | Suspense & Thriller | Espionage Mysteries | Audiobooks

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    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 04, 2000 | 360 Minutes | ISBN 9780553752977

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    "A rich, sweeping epic of a novel…an absolute winner."
    –Nelson DeMille

    "Powerfully compelling and moving…historical fiction of a high order…hypnotic storytelling…mesmerizing."
    —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

    "This compelling, fascinating exercise of historical fiction proves, again, that Jim Webb is as fine a novelist as he was a Marine. Enough said."
    –George F. Will

    "James Webb offers it all…a page-turning tour de force that examines our morality and makes us question what we ourselves would have done."
    –Nicholas Sparks, author of The Notebook and Message in a Bottle

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