In the end, the Marshall Plan, announced in 1947 and launched in 1948, led to the creation of NATO in 1949, injecting a strong military element into the Cold War.

A recent book by Benn Steil re-examines this massive effort to revive post-World War II Europe and thwart the influence of the Soviet Union, seen as the… ...

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.

The China Mission: George Marshall’s Unfinished War, 1945–1947 cuts against the dominant myths we still hold of the years after World War II and offers a case study in Americans’ persistent ...

In between Marshall’s heroic service in World War II and his visionary statesmanship at the dawn of the Cold War, he took on the most difficult mission of his life.

Anton noted that in the early years of Cold War I, Secretary of State George Marshall established the Policy Planning Staff unit and named Kennan to head it. There, Anton wrote, Kennan and his ...

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 ...

Cold War heroes George Kennan, George Marshall, and Dean Acheson. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, Fotosearch/Getty Images ...

Kissinger nimbly managed a Cold War that needed winning, ... he ranked with George Marshall among America’s most history-making public officials who never served in elective or judicial office.

General of the Armies George C. Marshall served successively as Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of State during the early years of the Cold War, and Secretary of Defense during ...

It may be hard to imagine someone hurrying home to curl up with a work of political history, but Benn Steil’s fascinating new book, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War (Simon & Schuster, 404 ...

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 ...