Ebook {Epub PDF} George Marshall: A Biography by Debi Unger
Following Marshall from his childhood in western Pennsylvania and his training at the Virginia Military Institute to his role during and after World War II and his death in at the age of seventy-eight, this biography casts light on the inspiration he took from historical role models, such as George Washington and Robert E. Lee, and his relationships with military brass, the Washington political establishment, 4/5(). 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 to , George C. Marshall. This interpretive biography of George C. Marshall follows his life from his childhood in Western Pennsylvania and his /5(). “George Marshall: A Biography” was begun some years ago by the historian Stanly Hirshson. After his death in , Debi and Irwin Unger took up the project. The book is based mainly on previously published sources and says relatively little about Marshall’s personal .
George Marshall: A Biography by Debi Unger. 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. George Marshall: A Biography, by Debi Unger, Irwin Unger, and Stanley P. Irshson. The Invisible Wounds of War: Coming Home from Iraq and Afghanistan, by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard. George C. Marshall never hesitated to disagree with anyone he thought was mistaken—even the president. A review of 'George Marshall: A Biography,' by Debi and Irwin Unger, with Stanley Hirshson.
Debi and Irwin Unger take exception to this heroic depiction in their elegant and iconoclastic biography, which pokes innumerable holes in Marshall’s reputation for leadership and raises. George C. Marshall never hesitated to disagree with anyone he thought was mistaken—even the president. A review of ‘George Marshall: A Biography,’ by Debi and Irwin Unger, with Stanley Hirshson. It was no new role for him, Jenner insisted, for rather than being “the greatest living American,” as Truman had said, Marshall was “a living lie.”5 Shocked by Jenner’s venom, Democrats and several moderate Republicans came to Marshall’s defense.”. ― Debi Unger, George Marshall: A Biography. 0 likes.
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