The most noble adventure
Subtitle: the Marshall Plan and the reconstruction of post-war Europe
By: Greg Behrman
Publisher: Aurum
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9781845133269
Subjects: American Economic assistance; History; Reconstruction (1939-1951); Economic conditions; Foreign economic relations; Economic history; International economic relations; Marshall-Plan; Marshall Plan
Description: 'The Most Noble Adventure' is a study of the United States' audacious plan to bankroll Europe's recovery from the Second World War with no less than $13 billion of economic aid over four years - the equivalent of $100 billion today.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-425) and index.
Table of contents: title: The march to Moscow; title: The general's last stand; title: The drumbeat at state; title: The world responds; title: "Friendly aid" in Paris; title: Selling America; title: Putting it over; title: Aid flows; title: Springtime in Paris; title: The road to recovery; title: Shifting gears; title: Integration and subterranean fires; title: Europe refashioned; title: Shutting it down.