Roosevelt and Marshall: Partners in Politics and War

Brigadier general George C. Marshall became Army chief of staff in 1939 and proved adept at working with Congress, a skill that complemented President Franklin D. Roosevelt's dominance of wartime strategy. ``In his excellent `tandem' biography, Parrish conveys the enormous accomplishments of two very different men and their invaluable service as a team throughout most of WW II,'' said PW. Photos. (Aug.)