"If Europe blazes in the late spring or summer, we must put our house in order before the sparks reach the Western Hemisphere." (Testimony before the subcommittee on the War Department of the House Appropriations Committee, Februar, 23, 1940)"We have a great Army in the making; it is coming into its own; it needs things, but it needs more than anything else the understanding and appreciative support from every side and on every hand in thir country."(Speech to the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, April 29, 1941)

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Utgivningsdatum:1986-04-26
Mått:152 x 229 x 51 mm
Vikt:1 270 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:The Papers of George Catlett Marshall
Antal sidor:840
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801825538

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Larry I. Bland is editor of the Marshall Papers Project, published under the auspices of the George C. Marshall Foundation in Lexington, Virginia. Clarence E. Wunderlin Jr. is professor of history at Kent State University. He is the author of Visions of a New Industrial Order: Social Science and Labor Theory in America's Progressive Era. Sharon Ritenour Stevens is associate editor of the Marshall Papers Project.

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The richest, most thought-provoking and professionally reassuring books to come along for some time... These papers are fascinating and professionally enriching because of the range of Marshall's prolific action and deep level of understanding. Military Intelligence

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PrefaceGuide to Editorial PoliciesIllustrationsChronology, 1939-41Acting Chief of StaffThe Time FactorWatchful WaitingStep by StepNo Royal RoadA Heavy TaskRich man's TableA Great Army in the MakingA Capacity for LeadershipPeak of DifficultiesAppendix 1. Principal War Department Officials (1939-41) and Organization Chart (1941)Appendix 2. Published Congressional Testimony of George C. Marshall, 1939-46Index