Marshall Plan
European recovery program
The Marshall Plan was the American program of economic aid to Western European countries after World War II, officially called the European Recovery Program.
Named for Secretary of State George Marshall, it provided billions of dollars between 1948 and 1952 to rebuild war-devastated economies and counter Soviet influence.
The term now evokes any large-scale recovery initiative: We need a Marshall Plan for climate change.
Policy opposing communist expansion
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
- Berlin AirliftAllied supply mission, 1948
Stalin · propaganda · ideological · Western Bloc · Eastern Bloc · bipolarity · superpower · spheres of influence
Constructing anew after destruction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- industryEconomic production sector
- modernizationAdoption of current methods
revitalization · rehabilitation · restoration · investment · funding · development · economic recovery · postwar
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- allianceFormal union of parties
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- bilateralInvolving two parties
- cooperationJoint action toward shared aims
summit · accord · treaty · European integration · transatlantic · partnership · goodwill · soft power
Financial help for development
- foreign aidCross-border governmental help
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
- reliefEasing of distress
humanitarian · dollars · shipments · supplies · technical assistance · financial support · appropriations · disbursement
Truman Doctrine
Policy opposing communist expansion
- containmentPreventing hostile expansion
- Iron CurtainCold War's political divide
- Soviet UnionFormer communist superstate
Berlin Airlift · Stalin · propaganda · ideological · Western Bloc · Eastern Bloc · bipolarity · superpower · spheres of influence · anti-communist
rebuilding
Constructing anew after destruction
- recoveryRegaining what was lost
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
- industryEconomic production sector
modernization · revitalization · rehabilitation · restoration · investment · funding · development · economic recovery · postwar · devastation
negotiation
Discussion seeking mutual accord
- allianceFormal union of parties
- multilateralInvolving multiple parties
- bilateralInvolving two parties
cooperation · summit · accord · treaty · European integration · transatlantic · partnership · goodwill · soft power · conditionality
economic assistance
Financial help for development
- foreign aidCross-border governmental help
- grantsAwarded funds for purposes
- loansBorrowed money arrangements
relief · humanitarian · dollars · shipments · supplies · technical assistance · financial support · appropriations · disbursement · recipient
- 1940sWWII, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Normandy, VE Day
- 20th CenturyWorld War I aftermath, Cuban Missile Crisis, atomic bomb, New Deal, Nazi Germany
- DenmarkDanish, Copenhagen, Danes, Danish flag, Greenland
- NetherlandsAmsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht, tulips
- Political HistoryAmerican Revolution, French Revolution, Russian Revolution, British Empire, Roman Empire
- US HistoryAmerican Revolution, US history, Civil War, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln
Marshall Planreparations
Compensation for historical wrongs
economic sanctions · war reparations · Treaty of Versailles · plunder · economic exploitation
Marshall Planmilitary intervention
Use of troops abroad
military occupation · gunboat diplomacy · regime change · hard power · warfare