Rebuilding Europe : Western Europe, America, and postwar reconstruction
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Rebuilding Europe : Western Europe, America, and postwar reconstruction
（The postwar world）
Longman, 1992
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Bibliography: p. 247-265
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
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: ppr ISBN 9780582022447
Description
With the end of the Cold War and the prospect of a federal Europe ever closer, this book is a timely reassessment of the processes by which western Europe was reborn out of the devastation and despair of 1945. Concentrating on the first postwar decade and making rich use of the latest research findings, David Ellwood gives a detailed account of the practicalities of reconstruction - how it was done, what it cost, who paid for it, and what those involved hoped for, expected and actually received.
Table of Contents
List of tables
List of abbreviations
Editorial foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The lesson of last time
2. The realities of survival 1945-47
3. Managing to shift to peace
4. The reinvention of American power
5. The road to the Marshall Plan
6. Interdependence and defence: the start of the Cold War
7. The road to containment
8. Interdependence and economics: the limits of reform
9. Filling the dollar gap: the evolution of the Marshall Plan
10. From Korea to recovery
11. Hoping for prosperity
12. Expecting growth
Tables
Bibliography
Guide to further reading
Index
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: csd ISBN 9780582022454
Description
This is part of a series which aims to provide a scholarly but readable account of the way our world has been shaped since World War II. The aim of this book is to propose a fresh synthesis of the main political, strategic and economic developments in the first ten years after the war. It shows how Europe was put on her economic and political feet again, mainly with US help via the Marshall plan. Dr Ellwood utilizes the most recent research findings from Europe and USA in this study. He gives an account of the practicalities of reconstruction - how it was done, what it cost, who paid for it and what those involved hoped for, expected and actually received. The book provides the story from both the American and European viewpoint. It shows how it was possible for a Europe devastated by two World Wars and discredited by the Depression to recover in a decade and flourish like never before. This text presents more than just a survey, it is an examination of issues that transcend the period and have important implications for the subsequent history of Europe up to today.
Table of Contents
- The lessons of last time
- the realities of survival 1945-7
- managing the shift to peace
- the re-invention of American power
- the road to the Marshall plan
- interdependence and defence
- the start of the Cold War
- the road to containment
- interdependence and economics
- the limits of reform
- filling the dollar gap
- the evolution of the Marshall plan
- from Korea to recovery
- hoping for prosperity 1953-54
- expecting growth 1955-61.
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