Age of Marshall is a new podcast from the George C. Marshall Foundation exploring George C. Marshall, his era, and the world he helped shape. Host Glen Carpenter talks with historians whose work sheds new light on Marshall’s life, legacy, and historical moment.
In this episode, Glen J. Carpenter speaks with historian Dr. Ashley Vance about the U.S. Army in occupied Germany after World War II. Their conversation examines daily life after Germany’s surrender, the collapse and reconstruction of local authority, the cigarette economy, demobilization, the U.S. Constabulary, the Berlin Airlift, American families in Germany, and the Army’s transition from occupation duty to Cold War deterrence. LINKS The Cold War Army in Occupied Germany, 1945-1955Army H...
27 May 2026
How The U.S. Army Learned What Soldiers Really Thought
Glen J. Carpenter speaks with Dr. Ed Gitre of Virginia Tech about The American Soldier in World War II, a major digital history project built around wartime surveys and firsthand responses from American service members. Their conversation examines how the U.S. Army used social science to understand morale, training, propaganda, race, gender, civilian transition, and the everyday experience of soldiers during World War II. LINKS The American Soldier in World War II - Home GCMF Legacy Lecture...
27 May 2026
Codebreaker Elizebeth Friedman
Glen J. Carpenter speaks with Amy Butler Greenfield, author of The Woman All Spies Fear: Code Breaker Elizebeth Smith Friedman and Her Hidden Life, about one of the most remarkable intelligence figures of the 20th century. Their conversation examines Friedman’s path from Riverbank Laboratories to professional codebreaking; her work against rum runners, organized crime, and wartime espionage networks; her difficult relationship with the FBI; the partnership between Elizebeth and William Friedm...
27 May 2026
George Marshall and George Patton
Glen J. Carpenter speaks with historian J. Furman Daniel about the relationship between George C. Marshall and George S. Patton. Their conversation examines Marshall’s role as mentor, manager, and judge of talent; Patton’s rise through the interwar Army; the Louisiana and Carolina maneuvers; the Knutsford Affair; Patton’s command limits; and the ways Marshall helped make Patton’s wartime success possible while keeping his liabilities in view. BOOKS BY J. FURMAN DANIEL III Patton: Battling w...
27 May 2026
Anna Rosenberg: Marshall's Secret Weapon
Glen J. Carpenter speaks with Christopher C. Gorham, author of The Confidante: The Untold Story of the Woman Who Helped Win WWII and Shape Modern America, about Anna Rosenberg’s remarkable career. Their conversation examines Rosenberg’s rise from New York politics to the Roosevelt and Truman administrations; her role in Executive Order 8802 and the GI Bill; her relationship with George C. Marshall; her contentious Pentagon confirmation during the early Cold War; and the influence she exercise...
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