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Jun 6, 1977 · The European recovery plan that bore Marshall’s name—Harry Truman insisted it be so titled—set the stage for the primary defense arrangements in use today by the Atlantic community.
- Frank Trippett
Aug 24, 2024 · 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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- The Marshall Plan was a U.S.-sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries in order to cre...
- U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed the Marshall Plan into law on April 3, 1948, after it was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
- Aid was initially offered to almost all European countries, but later some withdrew under the influence of the Soviet Union. The countries that rem...
- In 1947 U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall, for whom the Marshall Plan is named, advanced the idea of a European self-help program to be fi...
May 22, 2015 · To British Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, the Marshall Plan was “a lifeline to sinking men” that brought “hope where there was none” by giving recipients permission not only to overcome their present difficulties, but to imagine their future prosperity in cooperation with the United States.
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Jun 29, 2022 · On April 3, 1948, President Truman signed the Economic Recovery Act of 1948. It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
May 15, 2023 · Marshall prioritized rebuilding Europe in part because of his fear that an economically weak Europe would align with the Soviet Union and turn to communism. In support of his effort, in 1948, Congress passed the Economic Cooperation Act —also known as the Marshall Plan.
Mar 9, 2017 · On June 5, 1947, in a commencement address at Harvard University, Secretary of State George C. Marshall first called for American assistance in restoring the economic infrastructure of Europe. Western Europe responded favorably, and the Truman administration proposed legislation.
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Aug 26, 2002 · Alexander Hamilton proposed a general plan to enlist slaves in the army that would in the end "give them their freedom with their muskets," and Washington supported such a policy (with the...
