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  • The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

    The Marshall Plan by Steil, Benn;

    Dawn of the Cold War

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    Product details:

    • Publisher OUP Oxford
    • Date of Publication 12 October 2021

    • ISBN 9780192843104
    • Binding Paperback
    • No. of pages624 pages
    • Size 234x159x44 mm
    • Weight 792 g
    • Language English
    • 153

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    Short description:

    With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritariansim. This is the story of the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cold War: a gripping account of the seminal episodes marking the post-WWII collapse of U.S.-Soviet relations.

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    Long description:

    A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, The Marshall Plan is an instant classic of Cold War literature.

    With Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin's ascendant, U.S. officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the process, they would drive the creation of NATO, the European Union, and a Western identity that continues to shape world events.

    This is the story behind the birth of the Cold War, and the U.S.-led liberal global order, told with verve, insight, and resonance for today. Bringing to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Benn Steil's book will forever change how we see the Marshall Plan.

    Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Steil's gripping narrative takes us through the seminal episodes that marked the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations: the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each case, Stalin's determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American power in Europe is vividly portrayed. And in a riveting epilogue, Steil shows how the forces which clove Europe in two after the Second World War have reasserted themselves since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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    Table of Contents:

    Prologue
    Crisis
    Rupture
    Plan
    Trap
    Unity
    Persuasion
    Sausage
    Subversion
    Passage
    Showdown
    Division
    Success?
    Echoes
    Cast of Characters
    Appendices
    Notes

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