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04 Jun 2007
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The Marshall Plan's 60th Anniversary
The Marshall Plan, announced 60 years ago, pledged massive U.S. aid to rebuild Europe, provided a significant morale boost to a war-torn continent and helped lay the groundwork for European unity. Historians and scholars say that, without the Marshall Plan’s $13 billion in aid, it is unclear how European politics would have evolved. What is clear is that modern Europe – thanks in part to the Marshall legacy -- is a close partner with the United States in bringing health, education and jobs to other parts of the world. (complete text)
Marshall Plan for Rebuilding Europe Still Echoes After 60 Years
On June 5, 1947, U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall addressed the graduating class at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, delivering a 12-minute speech that changed the world. Within days, his remarks became known as the Marshall Plan. USINFO, in the first in a series of articles, examines the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting effects on Europe and the world. (complete text)
"Speech of Hope" 60 Years Ago Set Stage for Marshall Plan
September 6 marks the 60th anniversary of a landmark speech by an American diplomat in Stuttgart, Germany, which set the course for U.S. relations with Europe, laying the groundwork for the Marshall Plan and promising that the United States would remain engaged in the world instead of retreating to isolationism. The half-hour remarks by James F. Byrnes, secretary of state under President Harry S. Truman, have become known in Germany as the "Speech of Hope," but also foreshadowed growing tensions that would lead to the Cold War. (complete text) |
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