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- catalog abstract "General George C. Marshall played a pivotal role in American history between 1939 and 1951. In this work, Mark Stoler integrates an extensive variety of primary and secondary sources, including Marshall's private papers, in the story of the frustrations and successes of Marshall's attempts to forge a workable military policy in World War II consistent with the basic principles of American democracy. Marshall, best remembered for the Marshall Plan, is made comprehensible as a strategist at the center of the most destructive conflict in world history.".
- catalog contributor b2370468.
- catalog coverage "United States History, Military 20th century.".
- catalog created "c1989.".
- catalog date "1989".
- catalog date "c1989.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1989.".
- catalog description "General George C. Marshall played a pivotal role in American history between 1939 and 1951. In this work, Mark Stoler integrates an extensive variety of primary and secondary sources, including Marshall's private papers, in the story of the frustrations and successes of Marshall's attempts to forge a workable military policy in World War II consistent with the basic principles of American democracy. Marshall, best remembered for the Marshall Plan, is made comprehensible as a strategist at the center of the most destructive conflict in world history.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Two worlds, 1880-1902 -- Young officer in a new army, 1902-15 -- The world war and after, 1914-24 -- Frustration, grief, and triumph, 1924-39 -- Preparing for the unpreparable, 1939-41 -- The struggle for a unified global strategy, 1941-43 -- The faces of power, 1943-45 -- The limits of power, 1944-47 -- Creating a new foreign policy, 1947-49 -- Denouement in Korea and at home, 1949-59.".
- catalog extent "xii, 252 p., [12] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "George C. Marshall.".
- catalog identifier "0805777687 (alk. paper)".
- catalog identifier "0805777857 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "George C. Marshall.".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series ; 10".
- catalog isPartOf "Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series ; no. 10.".
- catalog issued "1989".
- catalog issued "c1989.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Twayne Publishers,".
- catalog relation "George C. Marshall.".
- catalog spatial "United States History, Military 20th century.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.91/092/4 B 19".
- catalog subject "E745.M37 S75 1989".
- catalog subject "Generals United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Marshall, George C. (George Catlett), 1880-1959.".
- catalog subject "Statesmen United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "United States. Army Biography.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Two worlds, 1880-1902 -- Young officer in a new army, 1902-15 -- The world war and after, 1914-24 -- Frustration, grief, and triumph, 1924-39 -- Preparing for the unpreparable, 1939-41 -- The struggle for a unified global strategy, 1941-43 -- The faces of power, 1943-45 -- The limits of power, 1944-47 -- Creating a new foreign policy, 1947-49 -- Denouement in Korea and at home, 1949-59.".
- catalog title "George C. Marshall : soldier-statesman of the American century / Mark A. Stoler.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "Military history. fast".
- catalog type "text".