The United States and European Reconstruction : : 1945-1960 / / John Killick.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
• VerfasserIn: Killick, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©1997
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: BAAS Paperbacks : BAAS
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)

An accessible introduction to a key aspect in economic history - the impact of American financial intervention in Europe after the Second World War. Did 'American dollars save the world' in 1947? Would Europe have revived spontaneously after 1945? If the Marshall Plan - in conjunction with NATO - created a coherent and prosperous western bloc, was this critical for the outcome of the Cold War? Did American policy in some way cause the substantial convergence since 1945 intransatlantic productivity, incomes and living styles, or was this convergence bound to happen anyway?These are important questions, to which this careful analysis provides some new and provocative answers. Covering all the main areas of immediate post-war US policy in Europe it includes useful material on the Bretton Woods debates, the American loan negotiation with Britain as well as the Marshall Plan.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- 3. Anglo-American Plans for Postwar Reconstruction -- 4. The North American Loans -- 5. America and Western Europe, 1944-1947 -- 6. The Immediate Postwar Recovery, 1945-1947 -- 7. The Crisis of 194 7 -- 8. The Origins and Intentions of the Marshall Plan -- 9. The Marshall PIan: Aims and Achievements -- 10. The Marshall Plan and the Larger Countries -- 11. The Marshall Plan and the Smaller Countries -- 12. The Marshall Plan and European Integration -- 13. The United States, Britain and European Unity -- 14. The Marshall Plan and European Society, 1945-1960 -- 15. The End of the Dollar Gap, 1950-1970 -- 16. Conclusion: Prosperity and Convergence -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index