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In 1947, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s ascendant, US 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 hugely 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 in the twenty-first century. This is the story behind the birth of the Cold War, told with verve, insight, and resonance for today. The book brings to bear fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives to forever change how we see the Marshall Plan. Focusing on the critical years of 1947 to 1949, it takes us through the seminal episodes marking the collapse of postwar US-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, the author shows how the forces which split Europe in two after the Second World War have reasserted themselves since the collapse of the Soviet Union.

MARSHALL PLAN --- 335.6 --- Liquidatie van de oorlogseconomie: economische demobilisatie en herstel. Marshall Plan --- Marshall Plan. --- European Recovery Program --- ERP (European Recovery Program) --- Marshall Plan, 1948-1952 --- Schedio Marsal --- Cold War (1945-1989) --- Cold War. --- Europe, Western --- United States --- Soviet Union --- Economic conditions --- Foreign relations --- Plan Marshall (1948-1952) --- Conditions économiques --- Relations extérieures --- Guerre froide. --- Conditions économiques --- Relations extérieures