By Jack Uldrich
This ebook exhibits the extreme management characteristics of a good yet unsung hero. No checklist of the best humans of the 20 th century is entire with no common George C. Marshall. Winston Churchill referred to as him the "organizer of victory" and "the final nice American." President Harry Truman spoke of him because the "great one of many age." Tom Brokaw known as him the "godfather" of "the maximum generation."Even so, many folks comprehend Marshall's identify with out with the ability to bear in mind his many stunning accomplishments. between them: He in my view knowledgeable destiny generals Eisenhower, Bradley, Ridgeway, Patton, and others; As leader of employees of the U.S. military earlier than and through global battle II, he oversaw its growth from a small, fatherland military - smaller than Bulgaria's - into the mightiest military ever assembled; As Secretary of kingdom, he brought the "Marshall Plan," which accurately rescued Europe after the conflict; and, he was once the 1st expert soldier ever to win the Nobel Peace Prize and was once two times named Time's guy of the yr. Marshall's impressive profession displays unprecedented management qualities and consummate talents, between them imaginative and prescient, candor, a dedication to motion, the facility to hear and examine, and never least, selflessness.
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Aware of how the United States’ nonresponse to the European economic crisis of 1929–1931 had contributed to the rise of Adolf Hitler, Marshall recognized that the spread of social disintegration on the European continent could facilitate the rise of communism and play into the Soviet’s hands. And he resolved to do something about it. Significantly, he did not simply advocate more financial aid. He stressed that it was in both Europe’s and America’s strategic interests that the economic infrastructure of Europe be strengthened.
Has served to uphold my belief in the eventual solution of problems which have beset my people in their . . ” The actions of Watkins, Cooper, Rowley, and George Marshall (and thousands of others) demonstrate that whether the problem is large or small, solutions do exist and can be found—but only if people are first willing to act with integrity.
This trust was instrumental in Congress granting him a $100 million discretionary fund to expedite expenditures that were either deemed immediately necessary or, alternatively, so sensitive that even Congress could not be allowed to know that the army was working on them. It was out of these funds that the Manhattan Project was initiated. Moreover, it was Marshall’s integrity that lay at the heart of his ability to get the president, the Congress, and the American people to take necessary, albeit difficult, actions.