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May 7, 2018 · The Marshall Plan provides critical context for understanding today’s international landscape. Bringing to bear important new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives ...
Marshall Plan, formally European Recovery Program (1948–51), U.S.-sponsored program advocated by Secretary of State George C. Marshall to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to create stable conditions in which democratic institutions could survive.
Mar 9, 2017 · The Marshall Plan. George C. Marshall [NWDNS-306-PS-50-13476] As the war-torn nations of Europe faced famine and economic crisis in the wake of World War II, the United States proposed to rebuild the continent in the interest of political stability and a healthy world economy. On June 5, 1947, in a commencement address at Harvard University ...
The Marshall Plan and Postwar Economic Recovery. The Marshall Plan was a massive commitment to European recovery after World War II that was largely supported by Americans. March 30, 2022. Top image:Marshall Plan logo, courtesy of the George Marshall Foundation. On May 8, 1947, Under Secretary of State Dean Acheson stood before a board of ...
The plan was the boldest, most successful, and certainly the most expensive foreign policy initiative ever attempted in peacetime. A milestone in the growth of U.S. world leadership, the Marshall Plan has had far-reaching consequences.
The pioneering plan became a model for how development can help advance foreign policy goals and U.S. interests. One of the winning posters from the 1950 Marshall Plan intra-European Poster Competition. (From the collection of the George C. Marshall Museum & Library). (Loan courtesy of the George C. Marshall Museum & Library, Lexington, VA.)
The Marshall Plan was estimated to cost the United States approximately $22 billion, but it was later scaled down to cost $13 billion after the plan was put into action. Secretary of State George Marshall presented the plan at Harvard University in June 1947, and it was met with acceptance by military leaders and political advisors.
