This interpretive biography of George C. Marshall follows his life from his childhood in Western Pennsylvania and his military training at the Virginia Military Institute to his role during and after World War II and his death in 1959 at the age of seventy-eight. It explores Marshall's successes and failures during World War II, and his contributions through two critical years of the emerging Cold War.

Compact discs. "Tracks every 3 minutes for easy bookmarking"--Container. This biography, the first to offer a complete picture of his life, follows George C. Marshall from his childhood in western Pennsylvania and his training at the Virginia Military Institute to his role during and after World War II and his death in 1959 at the age of seventy-eight. It casts light on the inspiration he took from historical role models, such as George Washington and Robert E. Lee, and his relationships with the military brass, the Washington political establishment and world leaders from Harry Truman to Chiang Kai-shek. It explore's Marshall's triumphs and defeats during World War II and his contributions through two critical years of the Cold War -- inlcuding the transformative Marshall Plan, which saved Western Europe from Soviet Domination, and his failed attempt to unite China's Nationalists and Communists.