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He wanted to aid Eastern Europe and increase Soviet influence and prevent Eastern European countries from taking Marshall Plan money.
the united states, east germany, west germany, and france.
Following WWII, most European countries were completely destroyed, economically, industrially and agriculturally. In fear of many European nations falling prey to communism, the United States set up the Truman Doctrine on 12 March, 1947, which allocated $400 million to Greece and Turkey in military and economic aid. Due to the success of the Doctrine, the Marshall Plan was created in June of 1948. The Marshall Plan was direct economic aid for any democratic European nation who needed it. At its end in 1951, the Marshall Plan cost the United States over $13 billion.
The reasons why the Marshall plan was created have been argued over since they were first voiced. There is even debate whether Marshall had anything to do with their conception at all and that he was just to present the idea to the world. However it is obvious that there were three main reasons that are probably above debate. * To halt the spread of communism * To Ensure that American Businesses with money and exporting businesses wrapped up in Europe didn't suffer. * And lastly to stop some people in some European countries from literally starving as Hitler had left devastation across much of Europe. Although the World economy wasn't as tightly linked in the 40's and 50's as we see it is today, it was still linked enough to cause concern so America would have suffered without Europe and vice versa. (I.e. the need for Global solutions to the economic mess we are all in right now that emanated from America) and that is why the business world always keeps a close eye on the politics of US / European relationships. Some could say that the Marshall Plan was an excellent business plan because America knew that the countries of Europe were made of strong willed people who would literally rise from the ashes and create successful businesses that America could be in at the beginning Very Savvy Politics more than altruistic as it was supposed to appear. I hope this helps Good Luck
In the post-World War II era, the 'Marshall Plan' was vitally important for a number of reasons. For one thing, it enabled numerous world-nations (particularly in Europe) to recover from the war more rapidly than they otherwise would have, which enabled political and economic stability in an otherwise turbulent age. For another thing, it deepened the positive relationship between the United States and many members of the world-community in such a way as to provide alliances and associations that proved important in the initial Cold War period.
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He wanted to aid Eastern Europe and increase Soviet influence and prevent Eastern European countries from taking Marshall Plan money.
he wanted to aid eastern Europe and increase soviet influence to prevent eastern europe countries from talking marshall plan money
he wanted to aid eastern Europe and increase soviet influence to prevent eastern europe countries from talking marshall plan money
he wanted to aid eastern Europe and increase soviet influence
To avoid the kind of reprisals that set the world up for WWII.
about 12 billion dollars
he wanted to aid eastern europe and increase soviet influence to prevent eastern europe countries from talking marshall plan money
He wanted to aid Eastern Europe and increase Soviet influence and prevent Eastern European countries from taking Marshall Plan money.
they planned to kill him
The Marshall Plan and NATO.
the united states, east germany, west germany, and france.