COLD WAR ERA
IMPACT OF COLD WAR
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Marshall Plan
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Warsaw Pact
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Truman Doctrine
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Common Market
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Detailed explanation-1: -It became known as the Marshall Plan, named for Secretary of State George Marshall, who in 1947 proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
Detailed explanation-2: -President Harry Truman signed the Marshall Plan on April 3, 1948, and aid was distributed to 16 European nations, including Britain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, West Germany and Norway.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Marshall Plan-launched in a speech delivered by Secretary of State George Marshall on June 5, 1947-is considered by many to have been the most effective ever of U.S. foreign aid programs.
Detailed explanation-4: -Marshall spoke of an urgent need to help the European recovery in his address at Harvard University in June 1947. The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to aid in the economic recovery of nations after World War II and secure US geopolitical influence over Western Europe.