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In the wake of World Warfare II, with Britain's empire collapsing and Stalin's on the rise, US officers under new secretary of express George C. Marshall attempt to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious starting would confront Europeans and People in america similarly with a perspective at odds with their background and self-conceptions. Along the way, they would drive the creation of NATO, europe, and a Western identity that continues to shape world occurrences. Focusing on the critical years 1947 to 1949, Benn Steil's thrilling profile brings to life the seminal shows marking the collapse of postwar US-Soviet relationships - the Prague coup, the Berlin blockade, and the division of Germany. In each circumstance, we understand like nothing you've seen prior Stalin's determination to crush the Marshall Plan and undermine American ability in Europe. Given current echoes of the Cool Warfare, as Putin's Russia rattles the planet order, the tenuous balance of ability and uncertain order of the late 1940s is really as relevant as ever before. The Marshall Plan provides critical context into understanding today's international landscape. Bringing to endure fascinating new material from American, Russian, German, and other European archives, Steil's profile will permanently change how we see the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cool War. A polished and masterly work of historical narrative, this is an instant antique of Cold Warfare literature.

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