USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Implementation of the Marshall Plan has been cited as the beginning of the Cold War between the United States, its European allies and the Soviet Union, which had effectively taken control of much of central and eastern Europe and established its satellite republics as communist nations.

Detailed explanation-2: -This aid provided much needed capital and materials that enabled Europeans to rebuild the continent’s economy. For the United States, the Marshall Plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Marshall Plan generated a resurgence of European industrialization and brought extensive investment into the region. It was also a stimulant to the U.S. economy by establishing markets for American goods.

Detailed explanation-4: -Rather, Soviet rejection of the Marshall Plan was the natural response of a noncapitalist state trying to avoid integration into the capitalist world economy, and the subordination to the industrialized West which such integration would imply.