{"product_id":"george-marshall-a-biography-9780062385796","title":"George Marshall: A Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Elegant and iconoclastic . . . refreshing . . . persuasive.\"--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the first biography to offer a complete picture of the life of George C. Marshall, chief of staff of the U.S. Army from 1939 to 1945 and the military leader who actually ran World War II for America as he oversaw all personnel and logistics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing 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 1959 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, and world leaders, from Harry Truman to Chiang Kai-shek. It also explores Marshall's triumphs and defeats 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 his failed attempt to unite China's Nationalists and Communists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on exhaustive research and filled with rich detail, \u003cem\u003eGeorge Marshall\u003c\/em\u003e is sure to be hailed as the definitive work on one of the most influential figures in American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A grand but judicious biography of a fascinating man.\"--Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062385796\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 576\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.70h x 5.40w x 1.40d","brand":"Debi Unger, Irwin Unger, Stanley Hirshson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44723259375797,"sku":"9780062385796","price":16.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_2aba6329-61f7-4a1f-90e4-68a22979f231.jpg?v=1729007274","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/george-marshall-a-biography-9780062385796","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}