The Marshall Plan is effective in containing communism. Discuss. The Marshall Plan is effective in containing communism to a certain extent. It also has its limitations. The Marshall Plan is a plan that created economic miracle in the Western Europe. 17 billion dollars were sent over four years to Great Britain‚ France‚ West Germany‚ Italy‚ the Netherlands and Belgium to help them. These large amounts of money were sent by the United States president‚ Truman‚ who wanted to contain communism and
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| | |How did the Marshall plan influence the development of Great Britain and other Western European countries after the Second World War? | |History internal assessment | |
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Marshall Plan The Marshall Plan was a strategically devised program by the U.S. to sustain communist influence and without it Europe would have never recovered as well as it did economically‚ industrially‚ and politically. The Marshall Plan was an audacious decision by the U.S. in order to suppress the spread of communism after the devastations of World War II. The United States needed to substantially aid non-communist countries to stop the spread of Soviet influence so “Marshall had traveled
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success would not have happened without its initial aid from the United States. After helping destroy so much of the continent‚ the U.S. pumped billions and billions of dollars back into the European economy through The Marshall Plan. It was named after Secretary of State George C. Marshall‚ who said "The world of suffering people looks to us for leadership. Their thoughts‚ however‚ are not concentrated alone on this problem. They have more immediate and terribly pressing concerns where the mouthful of
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was the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan to the crystallization of Cold War Tensions in Europe in the years 1945-1951? When considering the crystallization of Cold War tensions in Europe one can not overlook the impact of both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan. Although events were often ‘a cycle of action and reaction which makes the identification of ultimate causes difficult and probably impossible’ both the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall plan signaled a turning point in relations
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The Marshall Plan and the Division of Europe Charles S. Maier Michael Cox and Caroline Kennedy-Pipe provide a valuable survey of much of the historiography of the Marshall Plan‚ rightly understood to be a centerpiece of the early Cold War. Their essay raises important questions about post-revisionist accounts and interpretations and makes a useful contribution in discussing the role of the British and French in the events of 1947—a role that the American literature long overlooked but that
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The Marshall Plan The Truman doctrine largely concerned itself with military aid in defence of ‘freedom’‚ but communists could gain power by means other than outright aggression. Europe’s economic sityation in 1945 was desperate. Many countries were facing severe food shortages‚ disrupted communications‚ low production and unemployment. Like after the First World War‚ it would take the world and individual economies some time before they could recover. Many believed that‚ as in 1917/8‚ these were
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The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program‚ ERP) was the large-scale economic program‚ 1947–1951[1]‚ of the United States for rebuilding and creating a stronger economic foundation for the countries of Europe A sit-in or sit-down a form of protest involving occupying seats or sitting down on the floor of an establishment The United States was the first country in the world to develop nuclear weapons‚ and is the only country to have used them in warfare‚ with the separate bombings
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In June 5th‚ 1947‚ Marshall declared a famous speech in Harvard University. The idea of providing economic aid to the all Europe came on the scene. Between 1948 and the end of 1951‚ United States channeled $12.3 billion aid to Western Europe including grants‚ loans and in-kind transfer. The effects of Marshall Plan are all-encompassing‚ for example‚ contributing to the cold war‚ helping the recovery of European economy and European integration. Someone called in question about its necessity‚ someone
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The Marshall Plan‚ officially known as the European Recovery Program‚ was a proposed plan of action articulated by the United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall in 1947 designed to offer assistance to America’s long-time neighbors in the recovery of their devastated Western European economy. Overall‚ this plain granted aid goods and services on a credit basis in order to jumpstart the participating countries’ economy. The undersecretary of the United Stated Department of Defense at the
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