Author: Payne, Robert,
Title: GENERAL MARSHALL - A Study in Loyalties.
Description: William Heinemann, London, 1952, 1st edn., xii, 335pp, half tone frontis portrait, 4pp half tone photo ills., maroon cloth lettered and lined in gilt at spine and upper board, photo pictorial dustwrapper, a full length portrait of the American soldier from his days as a military cadet through his experiences in France 1916-18, and time in planning and training in and at the Staff College, as Chief of Staff in 1939 when his widsom and tact played no small part in eventual Allied victory in WW2, his failed mission to China and his time as Secretary of State with one of his greatest contributions, his adminstration of funds to support post-war Europe which became known as the 'Marshall Plan', lightly rubbed at extrems., edges well tanned, light tanning to endpapers, dustwrapper: well rubbed at extrems., loss at spine ends and cnrs., many nicks and creases, overall soiling, repaired to reverse, very good in a fair dustwrapper,

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