George Marshall: A Biography
By Debi Unger, Irwin Unger and Stanley Hirshson
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A major historical biography of George C. Marshall—the general who ran the U.S. campaign during the Second World War, the Secretary of State who oversaw the successful rebuilding of post-war 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, MacArthur, 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 U.S. 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.
Debi Unger
Together Irwin and Debi Unger have authored LBJ: A Life and several other books. They live in New York City.
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Reviews for George Marshall
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This is a marvelous biography of a man who led an interesting and well-connected life. The Ungers showcase a detailed and easily readable biography, with the best part coming during World War II showing the war from Marshall’s point of view. A definite must read for military or history buffs.Free review copy.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The book was a history of WW2 & the early Cold War as much as a Marshall bio. Thus, it could be much shorter and still cover the subject adequately. On what was about Marshall, a well balanced biography. It illustrates bus strengths and weaknesses. It was a little dry and boring at times. It seemed to me that the book spent most of it's time on WW2 and gave short shrift to the SECSTATE and SECDEF times.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A well balanced biography on General Marshall. It illustrates bus strengths and weaknesses. It lauds him for his creation of the army that won World War Two while acknowledging it's weaknesses in training and morale. He was the front man for the so called Marshall Plan, but was less than successful in his handling of China as Secretary of State and acknowledge his weakness in dealing with Douglas MacArthur both as Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense. A thoroughly enjoyable read, which I recommend.