The U.S. and European Recovery
Author | : United States. Department of State |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Economic assistance, American |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : United States. Department of State |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 8 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Economic assistance, American |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Bruce D. Jones |
Publisher | : Brookings Institution Press |
Total Pages | : 144 |
Release | : 2017-02-07 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0815729545 |
" How the United States helped restore a Europe battered by World War II and created the foundation for the postwar international order Seventy years ago, in the wake of World War II, the United States did something almost unprecedented in world history: It launched and paid for an economic aid plan to restore a continent reeling from war. The European Recovery Plan—better known as the Marshall Plan, after chief advocate Secretary of State George C. Marshall—was in part an act of charity but primarily an act of self-interest, intended to prevent postwar Western Europe from succumbing to communism. By speeding the recovery of Europe and establishing the basis for NATO and diplomatic alliances that endure to this day, it became one of the most successful U.S. government programs ever. The Brookings Institution played an important role in the adoption of the Marshall Plan. At the request of Arthur Vandenberg, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Brookings scholars analyzed the plan, including the specifics of how it could be implemented. Their report gave Vandenberg the information he needed to shepherd the plan through a Republican-dominated Congress in a presidential election year. In his foreword to this book, Brookings president Strobe Talbott reviews the global context in which the Truman administration pushed the Marshall Plan through Congress, as well as Brookings' role in that process. The book includes Marshall's landmark speech at Harvard University in June 1947 laying out the rationale for the European aid program, the full text of the report from Brookings analyzing the plan, and the lecture Marshall gave upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. The book concludes with an essay by Bruce Jones and Will Moreland that demonstrates how the Marshall Plan helped shape the entire postwar era and how today's leaders can learn from the plan's challenges and successes. "
Author | : United States. President's Committee on Foreign Aid |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Department of State |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Benn Steil |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 624 |
Release | : 2018-02-13 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1501102397 |
Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction “[A] brilliant book…by far the best study yet” (Paul Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world. In the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the process, they would drive the creation of NATO, the European Union, and a Western identity that continue to shape world events. Benn Steil’s “thoroughly researched and well-written account” (USA TODAY) tells the story behind the birth of the Cold War, told with verve, insight, and resonance for today. Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil’s gripping narrative takes us through the seminal episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relations—the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each case, Stalin’s determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe is vividly portrayed. Bringing to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Steil’s account will forever change how we see the Marshall Plan. “Trenchant and timely…an ambitious, deeply researched narrative that…provides a fresh perspective on the coming Cold War” (The New York Times Book Review), The Marshall Plan is a polished and masterly work of historical narrative. An instant classic of Cold War literature, it “is a gripping, complex, and critically important story that is told with clarity and precision” (The Christian Science Monitor).
Author | : United States. Department of State |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 6 |
Release | : 1949 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Department of State. Office of Public Affairs |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 18 |
Release | : 1947 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1570 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Economic assistance, American |
ISBN | : |
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign Relations |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1568 |
Release | : 1948 |
Genre | : Europe |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Barry Eichengreen |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 376 |
Release | : 1995-12-07 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9780521482790 |
Western Europe's recovery from World War II was nothing short of miraculous. From the chaos of the war and the crisis of 1947, Europe moved directly to the most rapid quarter-century of economic growth in her history. The contributors to this volume seek to identify the sources of this singularly successful recovery. That all European countries shared in the miracle suggests that its roots may lie at the international level. The chapters therefore focus on the role played by international institutions - the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Payments Union, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade - and weigh the relative importance of domestic and international factors in Europe's postwar recovery. This book will be of interest to students of modern European history and to economists interested in economic growth, European economic integration, and reform of the Bretton Woods institutions.