George C. Marshall and the Early Cold War: Policy, Politics, and Society

Abstract

Much has been written about General of the Army George C. Marshall, one of the most significant and respected Americans of the twentieth century. Winston Churchill declared him the “true organizer of victory” as U.S. army chief of staff during World War II, and he will always be a model for military officers (p. 241). William A. Taylor has compiled a volume of fine essays on Marshall's equally distinguished postwar career, which included perhaps his most well-known contribution to his nation and the world—the European Recovery Program (Erp), which bears his name, the Marshall Plan. Numerous authors have produced an important body of literature on Marshall, including the award-winning Marshall biographer Mark A. Stoler, who penned the foreword for this anthology. Taylor's introduction and conclusion and the nine original essays rely heavily on the extensive secondary literature, but collectively they provide contemporary students of military leadership and national...