Rebuilding Europe: Western Europe, America and Postwar Reconstruction

by Ellwood,David W.

• ISBN13: 9780582022447
• ISBN10: 0582022444
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1992-11-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

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

The lesson of last time

The realities of survival 1945-47

Managing to shift to peace

The reinvention 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

Expecting growth

Tables

Bibliography

Guide to further reading

Index

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