![]() ![]() In the process, they would drive the creation of NATO, the European Union, and a Western identity that continue to shape world events. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. In the wake of World War II, with Britains empire collapsing and Stalins on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Shulman Prize brilliant far the best study yet (Paul Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal ) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world. Book Synopsis Winner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History Winner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award Shortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. ![]()
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