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The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War

Benn Steil

Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.

HistoryAmerican History · high confidenceAmerican History81 signalsLlm Classifier: American History -> American HistoryOpen Library: Reconstruction (1939-1951) -> American HistoryOpen Library: Reconstruction (1939-1951.) -> American HistoryCold War & Nuclear PoliticsWar & Military StrategyEurope & RussiaRegional & Local History

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History2019WinnerSecondary source
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