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As the U.S. Army's Chief of staff through World War II, George Catlett marshall (1880-1959) organized the military mobilization of unprecedented number of Americans and shaped the Allied strategy that defeated first Nazi Germany, then Imperial Japan. As President Truman's Secretary of State, and later as his Secretary of Defence during the Korean War, Marshall the statesman created the European Recovery Act (known as the Marshall Plan) and made possible the Berlin Airlift. Ed Cray in this masterful biography brings us face-to-face with a genuine American hero and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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General of the Army A captivating and fanatically thorough reevaluation of Marshall's life and times.
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General of the Army enhances our ability to perceive both the man and his monumental reputation....Cray's biography commends itself not least because he does not paper over Marshall's errors.--Russell F. Weigley "The New York Times Book Review "
The comprehensive, masterful biography that Marshall deserves....Cray gives us insight into the private man as well as an understanding of his crucial role in an extraordinary period in world history.--Digby Diehl "Playboy "
Cray's biography ...tells you everything you want to know about Marshall....[It] will serve as the standard 'popular' biography and reference.--Clay Blair, Jr. "Chicago Sun-Times "
Impressively researched, delightfully written, and judiciously argued, General of the Army is the best one-volume life of Marshall to date. It deserves to be read by anyone interested in recent American history.--Robert Dallek, Author of Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and his Times
All the big men of the age--Ike, Roosevelt, Churchill, Truman, Stalin, Patton, Bradley--thought George C. Marshall was the greatest man they ever met. In this warm, sympathetic, and insightful biography, Ed Cray shows why.--Stephen E. Ambrose
The comprehensive, masterful biography that Marshall deserves....Cray gives us insight into the private man as well as an understanding of his crucial role in an extraordinary period in world history.--Digby Diehl "Playboy "
Cray's biography ...tells you everything you want to know about Marshall....[It] will serve as the standard 'popular' biography and reference.--Clay Blair, Jr. "Chicago Sun-Times "
Impressively researched, delightfully written, and judiciously argued, General of the Army is the best one-volume life of Marshall to date. It deserves to be read by anyone interested in recent American history.--Robert Dallek, Author of Lone Star Rising and Flawed Giant: Lyndon B. Johnson and his Times
All the big men of the age--Ike, Roosevelt, Churchill, Truman, Stalin, Patton, Bradley--thought George C. Marshall was the greatest man they ever met. In this warm, sympathetic, and insightful biography, Ed Cray shows why.--Stephen E. Ambrose
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