The Marshall Plan: A New Deal For Europe (Critical Moments in American History)

Between 1948 and 1951, the Marshall Plan delivered an unprecedented $12.3 billion in U.S. aid to help Western European countries recover from the destruction of the Second World War, and forestall Communist influence in that region. The Marshall Plan: A New Deal for Europe examines the aid program, its ideological origins and explores how ideas about an Americanized world order inspired and influenced the Marshall Plan's creation and execution. The book provides a much-needed re-examination of the Plan, enabling students to understand its immediate impact and its political, social, and cultural legacy. Including essential primary documents, this concise book will be a key resource for students of America's role in the world at mid-century. Between 1948 and 1951, the Marshall Plan delivered an unprecedented 12.3 billion dollars in U.S. aid to help Western European countries recover from the destruction of World War II, and forestall Communist influence in that region. The Marshall Plan: A New Deal for Europe examines the aid program's its ideological origins and explores how ideas about an Americanized world order inspired and influenced the Marshall Plan's creation and execution. The book provides a much-needed re-examination of the Plan, enabling students to understand its immediate impact and its political, social, and cultural legacy. Including essential primary documents, this concise book will be a key resource for students of America's role in the world at mid-century "Between 1948 and 1951, the Marshall Plan delivered an unprecedented 12.3 billion dollars in U.S. aid to help Western European countries recover from the destruction of World War II, and forestall Communist influence in that region. The book examines the aid program's its ideological origins and explores how ideas about an Americanized world order inspired and influenced the Marshall Plan's creation and execution ... provides a much-needed re-examination of the Plan, enabling students to understand its immediate impact and its political, social, and cultural legacy."--Provided by publisher Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Series Introduction -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Timeline -- Introduction -- 1 A New Deal for the World: American Plans for the Post-World War Two Order -- 2 The World America Made: Towards the Marshall Plan, 1945-1947 -- 3 Creating the European Recovery Program, 1947-1948 -- 4 The Marshall Plan in Action and the Emergence of European Unity, 1948-1951 -- 5 Epilogue: The Marshall Plan and Memory -- Documents -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index