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1945-49
As diplomat, he acted as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949, formulating the [[Marshall Plan]], an unprecedented program of economic and military aid to in war-ravaged Western Europe. This program became known as the "Marshall Plan" and led to the coalition of free nations under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to help revitalize Europe. Marshall received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for this work.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1953/marshall-bio.html The Nobel Peace Prize 1953]</ref>
As diplomat, he acted as Secretary of State from 1947 to 1949, formulating the [[Marshall Plan]], an unprecedented program of economic and military aid to in war-ravaged Western Europe. This program became known as the "Marshall Plan" and led to the coalition of free nations under the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to help revitalize Europe. Marshall received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953 for this work.<ref>[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1953/marshall-bio.html The Nobel Peace Prize 1953]</ref>
From 1945 to 1946 Marshall was Army Chief of Staff, and from 1946 to 1947 the President Truman’s special envoy in China. After that he became Secretary of State. Being unfamiliar with the world of Communist revolutionary activity, Marshall inevitably fell under the influence of the State Department [[China hands]] in Washington and in China.<''While Yoy Slept'', Flynn, pgs. 176-177.</ref>
Marshall later served as Secretary of Defense under President [[Harry S Truman]] from September 1950 to September 1951.
Marshall later served as Secretary of Defense under President [[Harry S Truman]] from September 1950 to September 1951.