The Papers of George Catlett Marshall
Marshall, George Catlett / Bland, Larry I. (George C. Marshall Foundation) / Stoler, Mark A. (University of Vermont) / Stevens, Sharon Ritenour (George C. Marshall Foundation) / Holt, Daniel D. (Director, Dwight D. Eisenhower Library)
The more I see and talk to him, " wrote President Harry S. Truman in early 1947, "the more certain I am that he's the great one of the age. I am surely lucky to have his friendship and support." This sixth volume of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall quickly reveals why. Marshall's two years as secretary of state, from January 1947 to January 1949, remain among the most eventful in the history of both the State Department and American forei...