William Manchester

William Manchester was an American historian and biographer who wrote acclaimed biographies of Winston Churchill, Douglas MacArthur, and John F. Kennedy. Born in 1922, he was one of the most popular and respected popular historians of the twentieth century. American Caesar is his epic biography of Douglas MacArthur — a sweeping portrait of one of America's most brilliant and controversial military leaders. Manchester brings the same narrative power and meticulous research to MacArthur's story as he brought to his three-volume Churchill biography. Manchester died in 2004. His audiobooks and books offer listeners and readers sweeping, masterfully written biography and history — books that bring the great figures of the twentieth century to vivid life.