The Marshall Plan
The Marshall Plan (officially the European Recovery Program,
ERP) was the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help
rebuild European economies after the end of World
War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet CommunismThe plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948.The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove
trade
barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous
again.[ The term "equivalent of the Marshall Plan" is often used to describe a proposed
large-scale rescue program. The initiative was named after Secretary of State George Marshall. The plan had bipartisan
support in Washington, where the Republicans controlled Congress and the Democrats controlled the White House. The Plan
was largely the creation of State Department officials, especially William L. Clayton and George F. Kennan. Marshall spoke of urgent
need to help the European recovery in his address at Harvard University in June 1947.
The reconstruction plan, developed at a meeting of the participating European
states, was established on June 5, 1947. It offered the same aid to the Soviet Union and its allies, but they did not accept it.
ERP) was the American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help
rebuild European economies after the end of World
War II in order to prevent the spread of Soviet CommunismThe plan was in operation for four years beginning in April 1948.The goals of the United States were to rebuild a war-devastated region, remove
trade
barriers, modernize industry, and make Europe prosperous
again.[ The term "equivalent of the Marshall Plan" is often used to describe a proposed
large-scale rescue program. The initiative was named after Secretary of State George Marshall. The plan had bipartisan
support in Washington, where the Republicans controlled Congress and the Democrats controlled the White House. The Plan
was largely the creation of State Department officials, especially William L. Clayton and George F. Kennan. Marshall spoke of urgent
need to help the European recovery in his address at Harvard University in June 1947.
The reconstruction plan, developed at a meeting of the participating European
states, was established on June 5, 1947. It offered the same aid to the Soviet Union and its allies, but they did not accept it.