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"A fresh perspective on the Marshall Plan....Though scholars have covered the subject many times before, general readers will do well to choose this lively, astute account....Steil writes a vivid, opinionated narrative full of colorful characters, dramatic scenarios, villains, and genuine heroes, and the good guys won. It will be the definitive account for years to come."—Kirkus, Starred Review"Benn Steil has made clarifying complex subjects a specialty: first with his well-received Battle of Bretton Woods, and now with this comprehensive history of the Marshall Plan. Drawing on an equally keen grasp of diplomacy, economics and grand strategy, Steil sets a new standard for our understanding, not just of the Cold War, but also the post-Cold War era, where the future of Europe and the role of the United States in it are once again at stake. An outstanding—and certainly timely—accomplishment.”—John Lewis Gaddis, Robert A. Lovett Professor of Military and Naval History, Yale University“Benn Steil’s fascinating book places the transformative design and huge impact of the Marshall Plan in the context of the early Cold War drama. Engaging, detailed, and well researched, it takes us behind closed doors in both Europe and the United States, illuminating how the plan was created and how it changed the world. The book’s relevance extends well beyond its new historical insights, showing how offshoots of the plan continue to shape modern-day Europe. It also sheds light on how open mindsets and intelligent economic architecture can help anchor an increasingly fluid and uncertain global economy.”—Mohamed El-Erian, Chief Economic Advisor at Allianz, former CEO of PIMCO, and author of The Only Game in Town“In his new book, Benn Steil tells a double story: that of the launch of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented American program to help rebuild Europe after World War II, and also of the various Soviet attempts to thwart and counter it. Enlivened by brilliantly-wrought pen portraits, this gripping narrative adds a whole new perspective on one of the most fateful periods in world history.”—Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lords of Finance“[A] brilliant book...The story of the Marshall Plan has been recounted many times before, including by those who were its architects and thus, like Dean Acheson, “Present at the Creation.” But Mr. Steil’s is by far the best study yet, because it is so wise and so balanced in its judgments...The maturity and surety of Mr. Steil’s book is nowhere more in evidence than in his final chapter...“—The Wall Street Journal“The Marshall Plan is a remarkably insightful and beautifully written work of diplomatic and economic history. Leaders and pundits keep calling for new ‘Marshall Plans’ around the globe, but how many actually understand what the real one was about, how it was created, and what it achieved? This book will open eyes and minds.”—Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve"[An] important examination of the Marshall Plan....an excellent recounting of an ambitious, huge program that helped rebuild and transform Europe."—Booklist“Even readers who consider themselves well-versed on what became the Marshall Plan will be gripped by the details in Benn Steil’s retelling of just how Mr. Truman’s idea became reality…Mr. Steil, an economist for the Council on Foreign Relations, is at his narrative best in recounting how the program was put together.”—Washington Times "Steil’s fresh perspective on a well-tilled subject will be appreciated by specialists for its wide-ranging analysis and welcomed by general readers for its engrossing style and accessibility."—Publisher’s Weekly“Compelling, authoritative and lucid… Steil’s superb narrative combines diplomatic, economic and political history with descriptions of such episodes as the Berlin Airlift, along with vivid portraits of the diverse primary personalities… this dramatic and engaging account of one of the most complex but enduring achievements of American foreign policy deserves a wide readership.”—Bookpage
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About the Author
Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is the author of The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War. His previous book, the prize-winning Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order, was called “a triumph of economic and diplomatic history” by the Financial Times, “a superb history” by The Wall Street Journal, and “the gold standard on its subject” by The New York Times. He lives in New York with his wife and two boys.
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Product details
Paperback: 624 pages
Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Reprint edition (February 26, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1501102389
ISBN-13: 978-1501102387
Product Dimensions:
6 x 1.5 x 9 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review:
4.6 out of 5 stars
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Benn Steil, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations has written a very well researched history on the role of the Marshall Plan as the fulcrum of the Cold War. He previously wrote a history of the 1944 Bretton Woods monetary conference and that certainly prepared him to deal with the economic and geopolitical issues facing Europe at the beginning of the postwar era. He chronicles how the U.S. attitude changed from plans to deindustrialize Germany and to make the U.N. central to foreign policy toward rebuilding Germany and making NATO the focus of U.S. policy in Europe.The very fact that the U.S. would take part in both the rebuilding of Europe and entering into peacetime multi-lateral alliance represented a revolution in U.S. foreign policy. Steil highlights the role of such key figures as Marshall himself, Harry Truman and George Kennan. More importantly he brings to light the roles of Republican Senator Arthur Vandenberg moved the necessary legislation through Congress and Under-Secretary of State Will Clayton, a former cotton baron, who first articulated the strategic vision of a united Europe. We also witness the work of former car executive Paulk Hoffman running the day-to-day operations of the plan along with General Lucius Clay who acted as America’s proconsul in Germany. He also noted the important role played by Massachusetts Congressman Christian Herter who led a congressional fact finding delegation to Europe that was influential in generating the political support for the plan.The Marshall Plan was enabled in Europe by the far sighted leadership of British foreign minister Ernest Bevin and his French counterpart George Bidault. Here we had a socialist politician working hand in glove with a center-right one. Most interesting was the fact that Stalin understood the implications of the Marshall Plan far better than his western counterpart. He knew that it would divide Europe and that in turn would make it impossible for him to neutralize a united Germany. Thus it was the Russian backed coup in Czechoslovakia to prevent that government from participating in the plan that sealed the fate of Europe. From there it was quickly realized that aside from economic support, Europe would need military support. That realization was crystalized by the Berlin Airlift where a logistics wizard, General William Tunner did the nearly impossible task of supplying Berlin by air. NATO would come soon thereafter.Steil does a service in describing the role of British spies (The Cambridge Five) of informing Stalin of western plans and the role Soviet mole Henry Dexter White in Treasury in his continued support of keeping Germany down. We also see Henry Wallace following Stalin’s line in opposing the Marshall plan in the 1948 presidential race. Although it is not clear the full role Russia played in the 2016 election, it certainly had a candidate in Henry Wallace.Steil goes on to present his views on the NATO expansion after the Cold War ended in 1991. His take is that the U.S. was far from being clear-eyed in the 1990s of the implications of moving NATO east and the effect it would have on the Russians. I don’t think that was necessary in this book. This topic should be taken up in a future book.I read Steil’s book with a great deal of sadness. In the 1940s we had brilliant statesmen who rose to the occasion. Unfortunately our statesman of the past twenty years or so have been found wanting and this is especially true of the current administration.
I am not a professional book reviewer, just someone who enjoys reading political history. I read a lot.For me, this is an exceptional book. I was born in 1937 and grew up during and after the war reading a local newspaper and the "Weekly Reader" in a one room country school. All of the people discussed in the book come to life in great detail. I traveled extensively in Europe a few years after the war ended and saw, first hand, the destruction, hunger and despair the author so vividly describes. My grandparents sent massive shipments of food to their relatives in Germany and I was treated as a God when I visited them. The author's writing is clear; articulate, and highly expressive. I wish I had his gift. For me, this was one of the best political history books I have ever read...and I've read hundreds.
I am reading the book. So far, it is an outstanding and exceptionally detailed description of the plan that saved Europe. My father, who was born in the Early 1930's, still remembered the abundance of food and daily supplies (soap, shoes, coffee & toothpaste) that arrived in Italy as a consequence of the generosity and political wisdom of the United States of America. Benn Steils documents how Europe in 1947 was a wasteland where people were starving and social order was perilously close to civil war. Paris, Rome, Berlin were without food and cold through the Winter. It is a very important book that describes in a most readable prose the tragedy of the aftermath of World War II and the obdurate obstinacy (and criminal ideological perseverance) of the Soviet Union in a most combustible Europe. Very highly recommended! There is also a most important list of references and notes with easy to find www links to declassified documents of the US Government. The Marshall Plan probably saved Western Europe from a replay of the 1920's and an even more bloody WW III. A book that should be read by Ms.Merkel and Mr.Macron!
Benn Steil has written another fantastic book on the end of WW2 and the post-war period (see The Battle of Bretton Woods). Full of details and thoroughly cited, this work surveys the Marshall Plan, NATO, and the EU, which were all a part of a Grand Strategy that fused US free market democratic idealism to the realism of Soviet occupation of Eastern Europe. Great writing and thoroughly engaging, it is both timeless and speaks to our times as we question the effectiveness, purpose, and consequences of the EU project, NATO, and the endless US military commitment in Europe.Steil’s deference to Russian paranoia and insecurity grates on my mind and reminds me of the capitulationist mind-set throughout the Cold War (Russia has been invaded by the West many times and thus has a reasonable need for expansive western borders). Russia controlled Eastern Europe for decades and could have persuaded those nations of the benefits of amicable relations. Instead, Russia ruled over them as a tyrant and they sought freedom and security from their master at their first opportunity. Russia has only itself to blame for its predicament. We shouldn’t enable it.BUT, as Steil deftly points out, neither the US nor the EU have the political will or economic or military means to back up an effective anti-Russian policy in the East. And that inability is what was recognized and accommodated by the advocates of the Marshall Plan and related programs, and is in question now.And it is because Steil points this out so effectively that this book is required reading.
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