S. L. A. MARSHALLis one of the country’s foremost military specialists. He was the youngest second lieutenant during World War I, became a combat historian with the rank of colonel in World War II, and as a brigadier general was infantry operations analyst in Korea. From his experience he is eminently qualified to give us his judgment of Samuel Eliot Morison, historian and fighting Navy man.
S. L. A. MARSHALL, who served for forty years in the United States Army, is one of this country’s foremost military specialists. He was the youngest second lieutenant during World War I, became a combat historian with the rank of colonel in World War II, and as a brigadier general was infantry operations analyst in Korea. From his experience he is well qualified to appraise Barbara W. Tuchman’s widely heralded book, THE GUNS OF AUGUST, published by Macmillan.
S. L. A. MARSHALL,who served for forty years in the United States Army, is one of this country’s foremost military specialists. He was the youngest second lieutenant during World War I, became a combat, historian with the rank of colonel in World War II, and, as a brigadier general, was infantry operations analyst in Korea. In 1956 he went to Israel to cover the Sinai war for the Detroit NEWS and has since returned there four times.
An account of the “epic human tragedy” that unfolded when Allied troops landed on the shores of Normandy on D-Day
“The deliberate political design by which two Administrations treated the Korean War as if it were an insoluble military problem … confused the American public and, confusing it, dulled its memory.”
