Description
''By any standard, George C. Marshall looms large over the twentieth century. Debi and Irwin Unger's in-depth biography will raise an eyebrow or two over the man we thought we knew and provide an intriguing look at Marshall's guarded personality, his complicated relationships, and his turbulent times.'' -- (Walter R. Borneman, author of THE ADMIRALS and AMERICAN SPRING) ''Integrity, honor, humility-how quaint, and how sorely missed, these virtues seem today. They were embodied in George Marshall, the great World War II army chief of staff and Cold War secretary of state. Marshall's leadership style drives this grand but judicious biography of a fascinating man.'' --Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff Debi Unger , a former journalist, has been his collaborator for many years. They have written numerous books on twentieth- century US history with an emphasis on the 1960s. They live at the Jersey Shore and in New York City. Irwin Unger is a winner of the Pulitzer Prize in History and professor emeritus of History at New York University. Stanley P. Hirshson was professor of history at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. The author of biographies of Brigham Young, Gen. William T. Sherman, and Gen. George Patton, he died in 2003.
Features & Highlights
- A major historical biography of George C. Marshall - the general who ran the US campaign during the Second World War, the Secretary of State who oversaw the successful rebuilding of postwar Europe, and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize-and the first to offer a complete picture of his life. While Eisenhower, Patton, Bradley, Montgomery, McArthur, Nimitz, and Leahy waged battles in Europe and the Pacific, one military leader actually ran World War II for America, overseeing personnel and logistics: Chief of Staff of the US Army from 1939 to 1945, George C. Marshall. This interpretive biography of George C. Marshall follows his life from his childhood in Western Pennsylvania and his military training at the Virginia Military Institute to his role during and after World War II and his death in 1959 at the age of seventy-eight. It brings to light the virtuous historical role models who inspired him, including George Washington and Robert E. Lee, and his relationships with the Washington political establishment, military brass, and foreign leaders, from Harry Truman to Chiang Kai Shek. It explores Marshall's successes and failures during World War II and his contributions through two critical years of the emerging Cold War - including the transformative Marshall Plan, which saved Western Europe from Soviet domination, and the failed attempt to unite China's nationalists and communists. Based on breathtaking research and filled with rich detail,
- George Marshall
- is sure to be hailed as the definitive work on one of the most influential figures in American history.
