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Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition
by Nicolaus Mills
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In September 2003, President Bush announced before the United Nations General Assembly that he was prepared to make "the greatest financial commitment of its kind since the Marshall Plan" to help rebuild Iraq. Sixty years after Secretary of State George Marshall called on the United States to come to the aid of war-ravaged Europe, politicians of every stripe frequently invoke the Marshall Plan in support of programs aimed at using American wealth to extend the nation's power and influence, solve intractable third-world economic problems, and combat world hunger and disease. Do any of these impassioned advocates understand why the Marshall Plan succeeded where so many subsequent aid plans have failed, backfired, or produced only limited success?In Winning the Peace, historian Nicolaus Mills explores the Marshall Plan in all its dimensions to provide valuable lessons from the past about what America can and cannot do as a superpower.Mills emphasizes that from the very inception of his plan, Marshall was blunt about its costs, risks, and limited objectives. Marshall stated repeatedly that his policy would require sacrifices from the American people, mostly in the form of higher taxes, and that its purpose was solely to help stabilize shattered economies long enough for them to regain their pre-war vitality. Although he campaigned tirelessly for months to gain congressional and popular approval, Marshall never soft-peddled the burdens the plan would impose, nor oversold its potential benefits.One of the most distinctive features of the Marshall Plan, Mills argues, was the degree to which its beneficiaries were full partners in determining how American aid would be used and deciding when they were ready to move on to the next level. Marshall and the State Department remained flexible, even when the European nations scheduled to receive aid balked at being drawn into tighter cooperation with the United States than they were prepared for. Realizing that the rebirth of European economies was more important than any specific political, military, or diplomatic objective, the United States often scaled back its demands rather than jeopardize the Marshall Plan.Could the Marshall Plan serve as a useful template for future successful American foreign policy initiatives? Winning the Peace points out the crucial principles in George Marshall's plan that must be present in any successful aid effort, while emphasizing the need to base any contemporary plan on solid knowledge of the region involved, strong relationships with beneficiary nations, and a flexible approach to achieving limited and realistic goals. This insightful and sure-to-be-controversial study is important reading for anyone interested in American post-war history, foreign policy, and current international affairs.
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- Title Winning the Peace: The Marshall Plan and America's Coming of Age as a Superpower
- Author Nicolaus Mills
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Trade Paper Press, US
- Date 2008-01-01
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780470097557 / 0470097558
- Weight 1.12 lbs (0.51 kg)
- Dimensions 9.22 x 6.52 x 1.1 in (23.42 x 16.56 x 2.79 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects World politics - 1945-1955, Marshall Plan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007027345
- Dewey Decimal Code 338.917
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- Library Journal, 02/15/2008, Page 117
- London Review of Books, 04/30/2009, Page 22
- Publishers Weekly, 11/26/2007, Page 39
- Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2008, Page 94
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