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The Marshall Plan
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- 1Who was George Marshall and what did he want?US Secretary of State George C. Marshall issued a call for a comprehensive program to rebuild Europe after witnessing the destruction of WWII first hand.
- 2What 'influenced' his thinking?Fear of communism spreading to Western Europe.
The coldest winter (1946) on record
US economic needs - preserving global capitalism - 3What form did this 'aid' take?$13 billion
- 4What did Churchill call the Marshall Plan?The most 'unselfish act'
He thought it was generous of the USA - 5How did the USSR react to Marshall Aid? 1Called it - ‘dollar imperialism’. Argued the USA was throwing its economic weight around, using it to gain influence in Europe.
It prohibited the Eastern bloc countries under its control from applying for Marshall Aid. - 6How did the USSR react to Marshall Aid? 2It set up Cominform – the Communist Information Bureau – an organisation which had as its aim to tighten Soviet control in Eastern Europe, to build heavy industry there and to create a trade network between communist countries.
- 7How did the USSR react to Marshall Aid? 3It also established Comecon – the Council of Mutual Economic Assistance – to administer its own Molotov Plan of financial aid to keep the Eastern Bloc countries happy.
- 8Were the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan linked?Very much so - they were called 'two halves of the same walnut'.
TheTruman Doctrine was the 'idea', & Marshall PLan was the practical assistance. - 9Was the PLan successful?Economically -Arguably YES:
By 1952 Western Europe was at pre war levels of production.
Politically - Yes. Closer links forged with Western Europe + Communist parties in France and Italy were weakened + paved the way for NATO - 10What was another name given to the Marshall Plan?The ERP
The European recovery programme
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