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"The Marshall Plan ... was a magnet, a beginning, a confidence-building measure, a way of starting a process that turned out to produce an economic miracle." --Bill Clinton, President of the United States

 

Introduction

Remarks of Secretary of State George C. Marshall at the Harvard University Commencement Exercises, June 5, 1947

Blueprint for Recovery, By Michael J. Hogan
The Situation in Europe
Origins of a Recovery Plan
The U.S. Domestic Debate
Enlisting the Private Sector
Partners in Reconstruction
The Path to Prosperity
The Birth of New Europe
Lessons Learned
About the Author

George Catlett Marshall (biography)
Further Readings

 

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