plans & events
what really was the marshall plan?It was a massive aid package from the United States to help Europe recover quickly. Obviously, this American aid helped a beat-up Europe recover rapidly and quickly. As for the Soviet Union, the Marshall Plan was seen as an attempt to win Eastern Europe over to capitalism and democracy. Again, this plan did help Europe, but it only made the growing tensions worse for the Americans and Soviet Union. This will lead to the division of Europe into two camps all over again with democracy versus communism and NATO versus Warsaw Pact.
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Links tHat tell more about grandpa marhsall..http://americanhistory.pppst.com/marshallplan.html (This website gives a wealth of free PowerPoints on both the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine.)
http://www.oecd.org/document/10/0,3746,en_2649_201185_1 876938_1_1_1_1,00.html (This gives a short biography on Geroge Marshall and the exact speech he gave at Harvard.) |