Larry Bland

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Larry I. Bland (born 1940 in Indianapolis , USA; † November 27, 2007 in Lexington , Virginia , USA) was an American historian and director of the George Marshall Foundation.

Life

Larry Bland studied physics at Purdue University and received a PhD in political history from the University of Wisconsin . After teaching at universities in North Carolina and Illinois and at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , he was director of the George Marshall Foundation ("The George C. Marshall Foundation") from 1977.

Act

Bland was George C. Marshall's biographer . He has published numerous essays and works on George Marshall and the Marshall Plan , the USA's reconstruction program for Europe after World War II , as well as the Cold War , the Truman Doctrine and Averell Harriman . He worked on the completion of his six-volume work "The Papers of George Catlett Marshall" until his death.

He was the executive editor of the Journal of Military History for 19 years .

He has received several awards for his work, including the "Victor Gondos Memorial Service Award" from the Society for Military History .

Fonts

  • Larry Bland, Fred L. Hadsel: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: The Soldierly Spirit, December 1880 - June 1939 , Johns Hopkins University Press 1982, ISBN 0-8018-2552-0
  • Larry Bland, Clarence E. Wunderlin: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: We Cannot Delay, July 1, 1939 - December 6, 1941 , Johns Hopkins University Press 1986, ISBN 0-8018-2553-9
  • Larry Bland, Sharon R. Ritenour: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: The Right Man for the Job, December 7, 1941 - May 31, 1943 , Johns Hopkins University Press 1991, ISBN 0-8018-2967-4
  • Larry Bland, Sharon R. Ritenour: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: Aggressive and Determined Leadership, June 1, 1943 - December 31, 1944 , Johns Hopkins University Press 1996, ISBN 0-8018-5368-0
  • Larry Bland, Sharon R. Ritenour: The Papers of George Catlett Marshall: The Finest Soldier, January 1, 1945 - January 7, 1947 , Johns Hopkins University Press 2004, ISBN 0-8018-7871-3
  • Larry Bland, Roger B. Jeans, Mark F. Wilkinson: George C. Marshall's Mediation Mission to China, December 1945 - January 1947 , Marshall George C Research 1998, ISBN 0-935524-04-5

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Dr. Larry I. Bland Dies of Heart Failure ” (PDF; 41 kB), The George C. Marshall Foundation
personal data
SURNAME Bland, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bland, Larry I.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 2007
Place of death Lexington