The book was a history of WW2 & the early Cold War as much as a Marshall bio. Thus, it could be much shorter and still cover the subject adequately. On what was about Marshall, a well balanced biography. It illustrates bus strengths and weaknesses. It was a little dry and boring at times. It seemed to me that the book spent most of it's time on WW2 and gave short shrift to the SECSTATE and SECDEF times. ( )

A well balanced biography on General Marshall. It illustrates bus strengths and weaknesses. It lauds him for his creation of the army that won World War Two while acknowledging it's weaknesses in training and morale. He was the front man for the so called Marshall Plan, but was less than successful in his handling of China as Secretary of State and acknowledge his weakness in dealing with Douglas MacArthur both as Army Chief of Staff and Secretary of Defense. A thoroughly enjoyable read, which I recommend. ( )

This book kind of slipped by me. I have multiple biographies on Marshall so when I saw this one at Amazon, I got it to read about where the author's perspective is from.

I read it in the midst of other books I was reading so nothing about the book caught my attention.

THEN I read some reviews on Amazon. Mostly mixed and many unfavorable reviews. So I am going to reread this book paying attention to details so I can figure out what the all fuss is about.

UPDATE: pending ( )

This is a marvelous biography of a man who led an interesting and well-connected life. The Ungers showcase a detailed and easily readable biography, with the best part coming during World War II showing the war from Marshall’s point of view. A definite must read for military or history buffs.

Free review copy. ( )