For decades, the Marshall Plan has been credited with ushering in the economic boom in postwar Europe. But the plan was neither as altruistic nor generous as many believe, and several other factors ...

As with many great men and women who gave extraordinary service to our nation, George Catlett Marshall is waning from the national consciousness and memory. To military and diplomatic historians he ...

Secretary of State George C. Marshall (left) and Gen. Omar N. Bradley (right) sit with James Bryant Conant, president of Harvard University, on June 5, 1947, during graduation ceremonies. Both ...