Complete Editing of Volume 6 (1947-1950) and Edit Volume 7 (1950-1959, final) of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall

FAIN: RQ-50435-10

George C. Marshall Foundation (Lexington, VA 24450-0920)
Daniel D. Holt (Project Director: November 2009 to May 2016)

Work on volumes six and seven of the George C. Marshall Papers. (36 months)

Complete editing the sixth volume and edit the seventh and final volume of George C. Marshall's papers. The two volumes include documents (telegrams, letters, memorandums, speeches, congressional testimonies) written during his tenure as special envoy to mediate the civil war in China (November 1945-January 1947), U.S. Secretary of State (January 1947-January 1949), chairman of the American Battle Monuments Commission (January 1949-October 1959), director of the American Red Cross (January 1949-September 1950) and as Secretary of Defense (September 1950-September 1951). These volumes cover one of the most important time periods in U.S. and world history from January 1947 to October 1959.

Associated Products

The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, Volume 6: "The Whole World Hangs in the Balance," January 8, 1947–September 30, 1949 (Book)
Title: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall, Volume 6: "The Whole World Hangs in the Balance," January 8, 1947–September 30, 1949
Author: George Catlett Marshall
Editor: Gregory C. Franke, Research Assistant
Editor: Larry I. Bland, Editor
Editor: Mark A. Stoler, Editor
Editor: Daniel D. Holt, Managing Editor
Editor: Anne S. Wells, Assistant Editor
Editor: Mame Warren, Assistant Editor
Editor: Seth R. Bullard, Research Assistant
Abstract: George Catlett Marshall's two years as secretary of state, from January 1947 to January 1949, remain among the most eventful in the history of both the State Department and American foreign policy in general. The period covered in volume 6 of The Papers of George Catlett Marshall saw the formal break between the United States and its Soviet wartime ally and the beginning of the cold war; civil wars in Greece and China; decolonization and independence for India, Pakistan, and Israel; the Truman Doctrine; the Marshall Plan; the Berlin blockade and airlift; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and the Organization of American States. Secretary of State Marshall played a pivotal role in the transformation of American relations with the rest of the world during these years. Not only was he President Harry S Truman's key adviser in foreign affairs, he also proposed the European Recovery Program that bears his name. Implementing this and other U.S. foreign policies required attendance at a large number of international conferences in 1947 and 1948 and an even larger number of Senate and House committee hearings. His testimony at these hearings—and his close relations with legislative leaders—proved crucial to establishing the extraordinary bipartisan congressional approval of his proposals, and so, too, did his numerous public appearances to cultivate broad public support for his programs. Marshall retired at the beginning of 1949, but his respite from public service would be short-lived.
Year: 2013
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Access Model: Book
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University press
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 9781421407920

Prizes

Arthur S. Link-Warren F. Kuehl Prize for Documentary Editing
Date: 4/12/2013
Organization: Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
Abstract: The Link-Kuehl Prize is awarded for outstanding collections of primary source materials in the fields of international or diplomatic history, especially those distinguished by the inclusion of commentary designed to interpret the documents and set them within their historical context. Published works as well as electronic collections and audio-visual compilations are eligible. The prize is not limited to works on American foreign policy, but is open to works on the history of international, multi-archival, and/or American foreign relations, policy, and diplomacy. Any book meeting these stipulations may be nominated without regard to its year of publication. The award of $1,000 is presented biannually (odd years). The award is announced at the SHAFR annual conference.

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