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Date Posted: Friday, February 01, 04:17:51pm
Author: Sean Lilley
Subject: Re: Marshall Plan
In reply to: Mr. Davis 's message, "Marshall Plan" on Wednesday, January 30, 08:54:50pm

The Marshall plan, though expensive, benefited America in several ways. It was apparent to American leaders that these benefits were worth the money:

First, America had learned its mistakes from World War 1. Hitler, for example, rose in power because of his rabble-rousing against the burdensome loans imposed on Germany after the war. By offering financial aid to European countries (Germany especially), the US avoided another similar uprising.

Second, America understood that their future relations with other countries would be influenced by the Marshall Plan. Undoubtedly, American help was well received and remembered.

And third, the Marshall plan was designed to confront the increasing Soviet Union hegemony over Europe. American decision makers knew that the USSR needed to be controlled in some way or another. By spreading American influence over all of Europe that they could, American leaders asserted their power over the USSR.

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