Joint Force Quarterly
Abstract
Ιn the early 1940s, the world stood on the edge of a massive geopolitical shift, with escalating tensions and the onset of global conflict. As he oversaw a 40-fold expansion of the Army ahead of the United States’s entry into World War II, General George Marshall told his Director of Civil Affairs: “[The American armed forces] have a great asset, and that is that our people, our countrymen, do not distrust us and do not fear us. . . . This is a sacred trust. . . . We are completely devoted . . . the sole purpose of which is to defend the republic.”
Recommended Citation
General CQ Brown Jr., "The Chairman on Trust," Joint Force Quarterly 114 (3rd Quarter 2024), 2-5, https://digitalcommons.ndu.edu/joint-force-quarterly/vol114/iss2/1.
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