After World War I, Marshall turned down a lucrative job offer from J.P. Morgan & Co., instead spending five years as aide-de-camp to General Pershing, who, after the war, became chief of staff of ...

The only man to ever serve as both secretary of state and secretary of defense, his greatest achievement may have been devising the Marshall Plan, which rebuilt a devastated Europe after World War II.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chief of Staff George Marshall was born on this day in history, Dec. 31, 1880. He's best known for his development of the Marshall Plan following World War II.

Gen. George C. Marshall was a dedicated public servant. As chief of staff of the U.S. Army, he did essential work to get a dangerously unprepared America at least partially ready for World War II ...

World War I confirmed Marshall’s growing reputation. Bunting emphasizes this was the result not of genius, but extraordinary focus, discipline and sheer hard work. Marshall is rarely discussed ...

Marshall, who was secretary of state and secretary of defense under President Harry S. Truman, was the architect behind America’s World War II victory and the winning of the peace. Advertisement ...

Though World War II launched Marshall’s legacy, in “The Making of a Leader,” Josiah Bunting III focuses on Marshall’s prewar years. Covering Marshall’s early life until his appointment ...