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Loading... Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918by George C. Marshall
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Written shortly after World War I, this book was rejected for publication after his death and was not printed until 1976. Marshall walked the front lines. It is a good picture of trench warfare and shows how the fighting went. Then at the end he was a celebrity in postwar Britain and danced, danced and danced with the titled and some royalty. Essential for understanding this important American. ( ) no reviews | add a review
George C. Marshall was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in World War II, Marshall served as the United States Army Chief of Staff during the war and as the chief military adviser to President Franklin D. Roosevelt. As Secretary of State, his name was given to the Marshall Plan, for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. He drafted this manuscript while he was in Washington, D.C., between 1919 and 1924 as aide-de-camp to General of the Armies John J. Pershing. However, given the growing bitterness of the "memoirs wars" of the period he decided against publication, and the draft sat unused until the 1970s when Marshall's step-daughter and her husband decided to publish it. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.4History and Geography Europe Europe Military History Of World War ILC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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