Gen. George C. Marshall was a dedicated public servant. As chief of staff of the U.S. Army, he did essential work to get a dangerously unprepared America at least partially ready for World War II ...

Marshall found himself transferred to Pershing’s headquarters, where he worked on those very logistics he had complained about. That turned out to be the ideal training for his role in World War II.

Marshall’s career was one of unparalleled service. He had his disagreements with his colleagues and superiors. Marshall would have preferred a 1943 Allied invasion of Europe rather than the June ...

Historian David Mills discussed the World War II military partnership between the U.S. Army's chief of staff George Marshall and General Dwight D. Eisenhower and examined their tactical decisions ...

Shortly after the end of World War II, President Truman dispatched one of his most senior military officers, General George Marshall, to China in order to broker a peace between Nationalist and ...

Before George Marshall transformed American foreign policy in Europe, he lost a major political fight in China.

The China Mission: George Marshall’s Unfinished War, 1945–1947 cuts against the dominant myths we still hold of the years after World War II and offers a case study in Americans’ persistent ...

Marshall died at 78 in 1959 and drew worldwide praise for his role in World War II and its aftermath.

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.

All of General George C. Marshall’s efforts are recalled in Debi and Irwin Unger’s new biography. But the magnitude of his achievements goes almost unnoticed. It’s as if Marshall still needs ...