1st Edition

The United States and European Reconstruction 1945-1960

By John Killick Copyright 2000
220 Pages
by Routledge

220 Pages
by Routledge

In this book John Killick introduces the reader to a key aspect of economic history: the impact of American economic intervention in Europe after World War II. The effects of this impact are still open to debate. The Marshall Plan has traditionally been seen as a decisive turning-point in European economic and political history, but its effect is now being called into question. Would Europe... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Overview: Atlantic Trade and Payments, 1945–1960; Chapter 3 Anglo-American Plans for Postwar Reconstruction; Chapter 4 The North American Loans; Chapter 5 America and Western Europe, 1944–1947; Chapter 6 The Immediate Postwar Recovery, 1945–1947; Chapter 7 The Crisis of 1947; Chapter 8 The Origins and Intentions of the Marshall Plan; Chapter 9 The Marshall Plan: Aims and Achievements; Chapter 10 The Marshall Plan and the Larger Countries; Chapter 11 The Marshall Plan and the Smaller Countries; Chapter 12 The Marshall Plan and European Integration; Chapter 13 The United States, Britain and European Unity; Chapter 14 The Marshall Plan and European Society, 1945–1960; Chapter 15 The End of the Dollar Gap, 1950–1970; Chapter 16 Conclusion: Prosperity and Convergence;

Biography

John Killick