George C. Marshall: References & Edit History
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Additional Reading
Correspondence and documents are collected in The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, ed. by Larry I. Bland and Sharon R. Ritenour (Sharon Ritenour Stevens) (1981– ). The authorized biography of Marshall is Forrest C. Pogue, George C. Marshall, 4 vol. (1963–87). His life and career are also traced in Leonard Mosley, Marshall, Hero for Our Times (also published as Marshall, Organizer of Victory, 1982), an anecdotal work for the general reader; Mark A. Stoler, George C. Marshall: Soldier-Statesman of the American Century (1989), brief but inclusive; and Ed Cray, General of the Army: George C. Marshall, Soldier and Statesman (1990), a detailed and accessible work. Thomas Parrish, Roosevelt and Marshall: Partners in Politics and War (1989), explores the professional relationship between the president and his army chief of staff during World War II. Henry L. Stimson and McGeorge Bundy, On Active Service in Peace and War (1948, reissued 1971), draws heavily on Stimson’s manuscript diary for the period 1941–45 in relation to Marshall. John Robinson Beal, Marshall in China (1970), contains excerpts from the diary of an American news adviser to Chiang Kai-shek during the Marshall mission. Robert H. Ferrell, George C. Marshall (1966), focuses on Marshall’s career as secretary of state.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Add new Web site: Official Site of The George Catlett Marshall Foundation. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Deleted Web site: Official Site of The George Catlett Marshall Foundation. | May 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: HistoryNet - Americas Finest General. | Mar 16, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 27, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Warfare History Network - George C. Marshall: The Indispensable Man. | Nov 16, 2025 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Oct 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Museum of the United States Army - George C. Marshall. | Aug 15, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historical Office of the Office of the Secretary of Defense - George C. Marshall. | Jul 03, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Mar 14, 2025 | ||
| Title revised; cross-reference corrected. | Apr 19, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 26, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | May 21, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atomic Heritage Foundation - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Jan 10, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: George C. Marshall International Center - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Jul 19, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Apr 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Apr 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Pennsylvania Center for The Book - Biography of George C. Marshall Jr. | Apr 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Department of State - Office of the Historian - Biography of George Catlett Marshall. | Apr 05, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - American Experience - General George C. Marshall. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopedia Virginia - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Apr 25, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Spartacus Educational - Biography of George Marshall. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Nobel Foundation - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States Department of Defence - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: United States History - George C. Marshall. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: George C. Marshall International Center - Biography of George C. Marshall. | Aug 31, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of George C Marshall. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy - Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Portriat Gallery - Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | Aug 30, 2011 | ||
| Video of George C. Marshall speaking in favour of the Marshall Plan added. | Jan 25, 2011 | ||
| Added photograph of George C. Marshall. | Aug 27, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture - Equal Rights Amendment. | Nov 25, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Official Site of The George Catlett Marshall Foundation. | Jan 30, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Nobel Prize - George C. Marshall. | Jan 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: U.S. Diplomatic Mission to German - Biography of George Catlett Marshall. | Jan 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Embassy of the United States Tehran - Biography of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. | Jan 29, 2007 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 25, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 12, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |