No Substitute for Victory: Lessons in Strategy and Leadership from General Douglas Macarthur

Authors' Acknowledgements

The beginning is usually the best place to start, so we must first thank Geoff Thatcher, then Creative Director at the Tom Peters Company, now at Carat Brand Experience, who planted the seed that grew into this book. Geoff's enthusiastic description of MacArthur's achievements and, producers take note, his riveting screenplay based on MacArthur's experiences in WWI compelled us to examine the General's life for lessons for leaders.

Bill Davis, Director of The General Douglas MacArthur Foundation and Executive Director of The MacArthur Memorial, heard us out and lent his considerable support to the book. His interest and cooperation were and continue to be instrumental in the success of this project. Likewise Jim Zoebel, ...