At the end of World War II, the United States implemented the Marshall Plan, the biggest economic recovery act the world had ever seen and which was designed to get a war torn Europe back on its feet.
The Gettysburg Address it wasn’t. Seventy-seven years ago, on June 5, 1947, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, who had been a five-star general in World War II, gave a commencement speech at ...
George C. Marshall (1880-1959), arguably the greatest soldier America has produced, was an enigmatic figure throughout his life. Famously tight-lipped, the general-statesman repressed all personal ...
Why do we honor George C. Marshall for his Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after World War II, but rarely use his model in dealing with nations around the world. Whatever we may say, do we buy into ...
In the aftermath of World War II, President Truman and Secretary of State George C. Marshall confronted the devastation in Europe and realized that “an orderly and prosperous Europe requires the ...