Screen LibraryGeorge C. Marshall：servant of the American nation
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Palgrave Macmillan,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2011. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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The world of the Roosevelts |
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| Carrier Form: | xii, 193 p.: ill. ; 22 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780230114883 (hardback) 0230114881 (hardback) |
| Index Number: | K837 |
| CLC: | K837.125.2 |
| Call Number: | K837.125.2/M368-2 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. George C. Marshall : servant of the American nation / Charles F. Brower -- The mind of Marshall / Josiah Bunting III -- Marshall and the emergence of a new generation of leaders / Edward M. Coffman -- Marshall as grand strategist / Paul L. Miles -- Marshall, education, and leadership / Williamson Murray -- The Marshall plan and American modesty / Nicolaus Mills -- Fighting the problem : George C. Marshall and Korea / James I. Matray -- Undervalued legacy : Marshall's mission to China / Barry F. Machado -- The Marshall leadership model and the prospect of administrative heroism / Gerald M. Pops -- Achieving victory through strategic management and leadership / Stewart W. Husted -- Demon of integrity / Charles F. Brower -- The Marshall legacy / Mark A. Stoler. "As historian and biographer Mark Stoler has observed, the extraordinary career of George C. Marshall in the first half of the twentieth century paralleled the emergence of the United States as a great power. Indeed, this great servant-leader contributed substantively to virtually every important event and issue comprising that ascendance. Bringing together a who's who of Marshall scholars, this volume examines the major roles assumed by Marshall over his five-decade career--soldier, statesman, and peacemaker; and leader and manager--to illuminate key issues and themes surrounding the man and his era"-- |