|
Historical Notes: To give the boots, not just the bootstraps
|
ON 24 June 1947, two years after the Second World War ended,
British ministers met US officials in London for the first joint
talks on the implementation of the Marshall Plan. The Marshall Plan
was the programme for post-war reconstruction for a Europe shattered
by six years of war and it aimed to provide millions of dollars in
aid to both victors and vanquished.
It is widely accepted that, without Marshall Aid and the
generosity of the United States in providing it, Europe's recovery
...
Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research
|
TYLER, TOO; Looking to the Marshall Plan as an Iraqi Model
Forward
; Tyler, Gus Forward 04-25-2003 The following is an open letter to President Bush on rebuilding Iraq. Dear Mr. President, The big shooting is pretty much over in Iraq. What you have done will undoubtedly make history. Now, as you know, comes the hard part. How to make peace -- a peace that will win
|
|
A Marshall plan for Iraq; America must lead post-war reconstruction.(OPED)
The Washington Times
; Byline: Roger D. Carstens, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES With the possibility of a major war with Iraq looming in the distance, newspapers and talk shows are filled with those who offer divergent views on how best to topple Saddam Hussein's military regime. Unanswered is the more important
|
|
Marshall Plan legacy thrives abroad Many see aid to postwar Europe as blueprint for prosperity
The Boston Globe
; SCHENKENDORF, Germany -- Until 1992, Guenter Knopf had barely heard of the Marshall Plan, the American effort to rebuild devastated Europe after World War II. Living in East Germany, Knopf's family never received Marshall aid; communist leaders refused it. Knopf himself was born the year after the
|
|
Maurice Schumann: senator and former foreign minister of France. (interview)(The Marshall Plan: 1947-1997)(Interview)
Europe
; Maurice Schumann hardly looks 86 sitting in his small Senate office in Paris, where he recently met with EUROPE contributing editor Axel Krause. Schumann has represented the North district of France since 1974 and enjoys switching into English, which reflects a British accent and his years in
|
|
Leaders to recall Marshall Plan Clinton and others will commemorate effort to rebuild Europe
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
; President Clinton and the leaders of three dozen European nations will gather Wednesday in the Netherlands to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Marshall Plan, something they will hail as an extraordinary act of generosity by the United States. Winston Churchill once called it "the most
|
