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Cray, Ed

 
9781493049004: General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1493049003 ISBN 13 : 9781493049004
Editeur : Lyons Press, 2020

Synopsis

As the U.S. Army's Chief of staff through World War II, George Catlett Marshall (1880-1959) organized the military mobilization of unprecedented number of Americans and shaped the Allied strategy that defeated first Nazi Germany, then Imperial Japan. As President Truman's Secretary of State, and later as his Secretary of Defense during the Korean War, Marshall the statesman created the European Recovery Act (known as the Marshall Plan) and made possible the Berlin Airlift. Ed Cray in this masterful biography brings us face-to-face with a genuine American hero and the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.

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À propos de l'auteur

Ed Cray is the author of Chief Justice: A Biography of Earl Warren and Chrome Colossus: General Motors and Its Time, among other works. He lives in Los Angeles.

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Éditeur
Lyons Press
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1493049003
ISBN 13 
9781493049004
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
864
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
Simon and Schuster Netherlands BV
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