George C. Marshall: soldier-statesman of the American centuryA life of the American general focuses on his accomplishments as Army Chief of Staff, special representative to China, Secretary of State, and Secretary of Defense |
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Under the innocuous-sounding military principle of unity of command, the army
chief suggested that the ground, naval, and air forces of all the Allied powers in
the Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia be placed under a single commander,
...
Under the innocuous-sounding military principle of unity of command, the army
chief suggested that the ground, naval, and air forces of all the Allied powers in
the Southwest Pacific and Southeast Asia be placed under a single commander,
...
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Acceptance of this proposal necessitated a major change in the U.S. chiefs of
staff structure so as to parallel the British ... During Arcadia, Marshall had General
Henry H. Arnold, chief of the already-autonomous Army Air Forces but still his ...
Acceptance of this proposal necessitated a major change in the U.S. chiefs of
staff structure so as to parallel the British ... During Arcadia, Marshall had General
Henry H. Arnold, chief of the already-autonomous Army Air Forces but still his ...
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World War II: General The starting place for any serious research into Marshall
and the U.S. Army during the World War II years is the enormous eighty-volume
official history, U. S. Army in World War 11. Particularly valuable for this work
were ...
World War II: General The starting place for any serious research into Marshall
and the U.S. Army during the World War II years is the enormous eighty-volume
official history, U. S. Army in World War 11. Particularly valuable for this work
were ...
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Avis d'utilisateur - Oberon - LibraryThingThis book was a superb, single volume biography of George C. Marshall. The book is a very readable account of Marshall's storied career in the army and after he left the army to serve as Secretary of ... Consulter l'avis complet
Table des matières
Young Officer in a New Army 190215 | 15 |
The World War and After 191424 | 31 |
Frustration Grief and Triumph 192439 | 49 |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | George C. Marshall: soldier-statesman of the American century Numéro 10 de Twayne's twentieth-century American biography series |
| Auteur | Mark A. Stoler |
| Éditeur | Twayne Publishers, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0805777687, 9780805777680 |
| Longueur | 252 pages |
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