Steil's account is the most detailed yet of the lengthy, constantly evolving initiative, named after US secretary of state George C.
Benn Steil's exhaustive narrative about the massive and complicated US effort to aid Europe after World War II makes it clear that a similar initiative is not likely ever to be implemented – even if the United States is some day governed again by a president who sees America's core interests as connected to others we might want to help.ĭrawing extensively on US archival material as well as some Russian, British, French, German, Serbian and Czech sources, Steil tells the story of not just the development of the Marshall Plan but also the division of Germany, the founding of NATO and, as the subtitle of his book indicates, the dawn of the Cold War. If you want to ensure you're never so naive as to call for another Marshall Plan, read this book.
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