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Marshall Plan
Marshall Plan or European Recovery Program, project instituted at the Paris Economic Conference (July, 1947) to foster economic recovery in certain European countries after World War II. The Marshall Plan took form when U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall urged (June 5, 1947) that... Read more |
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George Catlett Marshall
George Catlett Marshall 1880-1959, American general and cabinet member, b. Uniontown, Pa. A career army officer, Marshall graduated from the Virginia Military Institute. He first distinguished himself as a staff officer in World War I and later (1919-24) was aide to General Pershing . After varied... Read more |
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Crisis management
Crisis Management Crisis management is the task for creating and implementing a business plan that can be implemented quickly in the face of a crisis. Events that would qualify as crises include a wide range of potential threats; natural disasters like hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes and floods;... Read more |
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Thomas Riley Marshall
Thomas Riley Marshall 1854-1925, U.S. Vice President (1913-21), b. North Manchester, Ind. A lawyer in Columbia City, Ind., he was Democratic governor of the state (1909-13) and sponsored much labor and social legislation before being elected Vice President on the ticket with Woodrow Wilson. His was... Read more |
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Normandy campaign
Normandy campaign June to Aug., 1944, in World War II. The Allied invasion of the European continent through Normandy began about 12:15 descr='[AM]' on June 6, 1944 (D-day). The plan, known as Operation Overlord, had been prepared since 1943; supreme command over its execution was entrusted to Gen.... Read more |
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George C. Marshall
MARSHALL, GEORGE C. 1880-1959 A RMY GENERAL, CHIEF OF STAFF, US. SECRETARYOF STATE(1947-1949), U.S. SECRETARY OF DEFENSE(1950-1951) Important General and Statesman Gen. George C. Marshall's bureaucratic career soared as America evolved from a largely isolated economic... Read more |
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surrender of Saratoga
Saratoga, surrender of, 1777. Burgoyne's 1777 expedition was ill defined, over-ambitious, and badly executed. The plan to drive south from Canada along the Hudson river to Albany, isolating the New England colonies, sounded plausible. But it was not clear, in an area of dense forest, how the New... Read more |
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Treaty on European U nion 1992
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Racial violence
THE DILEMMA OF SECOND-CLASS CITIZENS: RACE RIOTS AND CIVIL DISORDER Second-Class Citizens In August 1900 a white New York City policeman, Robert Thorpe, died after a fight with Arthur Harris, a black man. The next day mobs of whites set out to avenge his death by attacking... Read more |
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Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), international organization that came into being in 1961. It superseded the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, which had been founded in 1948 to coordinate the Marshall Plan for European economic recovery following World... Read more |
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What has France gained?
...States on U.N. approval...What comes next? Indeed...few defend U.S. policy...the other Europeans wanted France...a single European Union foreign...if not impossible, other than...defend the ... |
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Beating obesity.(Cover story)
...Michelle Obama's new plan to fight...country's long and...installment of the Marshall Plan, the...cholesterol. Today, thanks...stable for the next 20 years...2001, the U.S. ... |
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Beating Obesity.
...installment of the Marshall Plan, the World...cholesterol. Today, thanks...stable for the next 20 years...2001, the U.S. surgeon...8217;s fattest developed...that of many European ... |
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