In 1947,
- Truman’s secretary of state, George C. Marshall, vowed that the United States would fund more than $10 billion to assist rebuilding Europe if the European countries themselves collaborate to assist meet this end. - The Marshall Plan, as it came to be recognized, alleviated Western Europe financially and prohibited economic fail. Within ten years, European factories had surpassed prewar production levels, increased the normal of living and guaranteed that Communism would not develop. - The Marshall Plan could consequently be seen as an important instant of the Cold War. A different advance might have perhaps modified the upshot for the nations of Eastern Europe
- The question that stays is: would the Cold War have taken a dissimilar turn, possibly a less antagonistic method if the doors for Moscow into the European Recovery Program.3 As a result, the Marshall Plan can be viewed either as self-protective reaction or an indirect unpleasant action aligned with communism. From a contemporary standpoint, it is unwarrantable to treat the Marshall Plan as a simple economic help for the rehabilitation of Europe. |