Essays & Interviews

Interviews

• Reminiscences About George C. Marshall – The collection consists of a number of reminiscences in the form of letters and memoirs about GCM written by his associates. Many are letters to Forrest C. Pogue to aid him in writing his biography of Marshall. Contributors include Madeleine C. Davis, V.J. Gregory, Charles D. Herron, Robert Cutler, John Steeves, and Louis W. Whaley.
• Pogue Interviews – The George C. Marshall Foundation Research Library holds an oral history collection of taped interviews of associates of General Marshall conducted by Dr. Forrest Pogue. This collection also contains notes made by Dr. Pogue during these interviews. Interviews are alphabetical by last name. Each leads to a summary page containing a brief biographical sketch of the interviewee and a summary of the topics covered. For interviews where copyright permission has been granted, full transcripts and audio downloads are available. Transcripts that are not published online may be obtained by contacting the library staff.

Essays and Remarks about George C. Marshall

• A Quiet Adult: My Candidate for Man of the Century by David Brin
• America’s Finest General – Kevin Baker’s article published by Military History magazine, September 2011.
• The Character of George C. Marshall” by Dr. David Abshire – An interesting comparison of Marshall, George Washington, and Robert E. Lee
• Remarks by Larry I. Bland at the Dedication Ceremony of the George C. Marshall Conference Center at the U.S. Department of State October 26, 2007
• Chief of Staff by A. J. Liebling, The New Yorker, October 26, 1940.
• Forest Pogue’s remarks delivered November 11, 1988 in Vancouver, Washington
• The General and Sgt. Snow: How the Savior of War-Torn Europe Brought a Soldier Home to the Sandhills by William Case (Pinestraw, March 2016)
• General George Catlett Marshall: A Cognitive Approach to Who He Was and What He Did by Andrew G. Wallace, M.D.
• General George C. Marshall – Soldier and Statesman by Dr. Forrest C. Pogue, The 1958 Willis Jefferson Dance, Jr. Memorial Lecture at The Virginia Military Institute, April 18, 1958.
• George Catlett Marshall Remarks by Dwight D. Eisenhower at the dedication of the George C. Marshall Research Library in Lexington, Virginia in 1964. The Atlantic.
• George Catlett Marshall by Jeanne Holden, U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of International Information Programs
• George C. Marshall and the Education of Army Leaders by Larry I. Bland (Marshall Foundation), 1988
• George C. Marshall: Global Commander by Forrest C. Pogue (Marshall Foundation), (U.S. Air Force Academy Harmon Memorial Lecture #10), 1968
• General of the Army George C. Marshall: The George Washington of the 20th Century by LTC David Saltman, AUS (Ret). Reprinted from Officer Review, December 1995.
• George C. Marshall: The Last Great American? by Lance Morrow. Reprinted, with permission, from Smithsonian Magazine August 1997 issue.
• George C. Marshall: Soldier of Peace 1997,  National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• George C. Marshall: A Study in Character by Colonel Charles F. Brower (U.S. Military Academy), 1999
• George Washington and George Marshall: Some Reflections on the American Military Tradition Don Higginbotham (UNC-Chapel Hill), (U.S. Air Force Academy Harmon Memorial Lecture #26), 1984
• He Marshalled Might For Right by Peter Benesh, Investor’s Business Daily, February 9, 2010
• Historical precedent for Obama’s Oslo Speech
• Homage to General Marshall by Dean Acheson The Reporter, November 26, 1959.
• Honoring the Marshall Legacy by Sean N. Kalic, Ph. D. (U.S. Army Command and General Staff College), 2008 (Publication Copy)
• In War For Peace: General George C. Marshall’s Core Convictions and Ethical Leadership by Dr. David Hein.
• Marshall’s Forgotten Men by Col. James Scott Wheeler.   AUSA’s Army magazine. September 2010.
• Marshall’s Men by Cole Kingseed.  AUSA’s Army magazine. December 2009.
• Nobel Lecture by George C. Marshall
• Today’s the Anniversary of R-Day! What, You Don’t Know What that Is? by Waldo Heinrichs and Marc Gallicchio. History News Network. May 2017.
• Tribute to General George C. Marshall by VMI Class of 1948 who dedicated their yearbook, The Bomb, to General Marshall, (Provided by Thomas W. Davis, Virginia Military Institute Professor Emeitus, VMI Class of 1964)
• Unforgettable George C. Marshall by Marshall S. Carter, Reader’s Digest. July 1972.
• Very Special Relationship: Field Marshal Sir John Dill and General George Marshall by Alex Danchev (Nottingham University, U.K.), 1984
• Where Have You Gone George C. Marshall? by Colonel Douglas A. LeVien, USA, luce.nt, 2015.

 

Marshall and Leadership

• The Ethical Leadership of George C. Marshall by Gerald Pops, Ph.D. (Public Integrity, Spring 2006, Volume 8, Number 2)
• General George C. Marshall: Strategic Leadership and the Challenges of Reconstituting the Army, 1931-41 by John T. Nelsen II (Strategic Studies Institute U.S. Army War College)
• George C. Marshall: The Essential Strategic Leader by Lieutenant Colonel Jeffrey S. Tipton Arizona National Guard
• George C. Marshall: The Forgotten Master Strategist by Commander Peter C. DeMane USN (National Defense University)
• George C. Marshall and the “Europe-First” Strategy, 1939-1951: A Study in Diplomatic as well as Military History by Mark A Stoler
• How the Marshall Plan Came About – Humanities, (November/December 1998, Volume 19/Number 6) with excerpts from important sources.
• Marshall and the “Plan” by Larry I. Bland, undated, (Marshall Foundation)
• The Marshall Plan: A Strategy that Worked – U.S. Foreign Policy Agenda, (April 2006); United States Information Agency.
• The Servant Leader in the 21st Century by Dr. Rob Havers
• What George Marshall Said About Leadership