Japan. He was an active, often decisive, influence in the conferences between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin. But it was as a statesman that he made his greatest mark. Secretary of State under Truman, Marshall engineered the European Recovery Act (Marshall Plan) to rebuild a war-ravaged continent. At the conclusion of his long career, Marshall was given the Nobel Peace Prize -- the first and only military man to be so honored. "No student of leadership in a democracy can afford to ignore this book and its implications for the coming decades." (Library Journal)

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