The Most Noble Adventure: The Marshall Plan- 0743282647, Greg Behrman, paperback
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Publisher
Free Press
ISBN-10
0743282647
ISBN-13
9780743282642
eBay Product ID (ePID)
63860171
Product Key Features
Book Title
Most Noble Adventure : the Marshall Plan and How America Helped Rebuild Europe
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Military / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Economic Conditions, General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, Europe / General
Publication Year
2008
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, Business & Economics, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2008-276555
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
"As historian Greg Behrman makes abundantly clear in The Most Noble Adventure, the Marshall Plan has become code language for governmental caring. By reminding us of President Truman's great accomplishment in vivid detail, Behrman has rendered history a signal service. A smart, balanced and timely study." -- Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge, "The Marshall Plan was the most creative and inspired act in modern American foreign policy. It preserved the possibility of freedom and showed the potential for great leadership. There's so much we can learn from the boldness and creativity of Marshall, Acheson and their coterie. Greg Behrman has captured all of this masterfully. In a beautifully researched and written narrative, he has produced a compelling tale that should be an inspiration as we face our new global challenges."-- Walter Isaacson, coauthor ofThe Wise Menand author ofEinstein, "As historian Greg Behrman makes abundantly clear inThe Most Noble Adventure,the Marshall Plan has become code language for governmental caring. By reminding us of President Truman's great accomplishment in vivid detail, Behrman has rendered history a signal service. A smart, balanced and timely study."-- Douglas Brinkley, author ofThe Great Deluge, "Behrman's comprehensively researched and well-written history of the Marshall Plan -- that, as much as the Allied victory, saved Europe as we know it -- promises to be a definitive work."-- Dr. Henry Kissinger, "The Marshall Plan is an often-invoked but not well-understood icon of American politics. Greg Behrman turns it into a living, vivid -- and moving -- story. He captures the dangers and drama of the years after World War II. He shows how personalities -- whom afterwards history would rightly judge statesmen -- combined vision and pragmatism with determination, money and self-help to prevent Europe from falling into the arms of Josef Stalin, while laying the basis for a united Europe." -- Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize and Shattered Peace, "The Marshall Plan is an often-invoked but not well-understood icon of American politics. Greg Behrman turns it into a living, vivid -- and moving -- story. He captures the dangers and drama of the years after World War II. He shows how personalities -- whom afterwards history would rightly judge statesmen -- combined vision and pragmatism with determination, money and self-help to prevent Europe from falling into the arms of Josef Stalin, while laying the basis for a united Europe."-- Daniel Yergin, author ofThe PrizeandShattered Peace, "A commanding and measured account of one of the most visionary programs in United States history. If you wish to know America at its best, what America can be, read this book." -- Bob Kerrey, president of The New School and former senator, Every time our nation faces a crisis, someone calls for a new Marshall Plan. But few know the real story of the original: thrilling, inspirational and relevant to the challenges of today. No one has ever told it better than Greg Behrman, who draws modern lessons while making this vital period come alive once again."-- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, "There is much for our times to learn from the Marshall Plan -- about what common purpose can achieve and how cooperation among nations, even in dangerous times and midst high tension, can bring such great common benefit." -- Daniel Yergin, author of The Prize, Every time our nation faces a crisis, someone calls for a new Marshall Plan. But few know the real story of the original: thrilling, inspirational and relevant to the challenges of today. No one has ever told it better than Greg Behrman, who draws modern lessons while making this vital period come alive once again." -- Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, "A commanding and measured account of one of the most visionary programs in United States history. If you wish to know America at its best, what America can be, read this book."-- Bob Kerrey, president of The New School and former senator, "The Marshall Plan was the most creative and inspired act in modern American foreign policy. It preserved the possibility of freedom and showed the potential for great leadership. There's so much we can learn from the boldness and creativity of Marshall, Acheson and their coterie. Greg Behrman has captured all of this masterfully. In a beautifully researched and written narrative, he has produced a compelling tale that should be an inspiration as we face our new global challenges." -- Walter Isaacson, coauthor of The Wise Men and author of Einstein, "There is much for our times to learn from the Marshall Plan -- about what common purpose can achieve and how cooperation among nations, even in dangerous times and midst high tension, can bring such great common benefit."-- Daniel Yergin, author ofThe Prize, "Behrman's comprehensively researched and well-written history of the Marshall Plan -- that, as much as the Allied victory, saved Europe as we know it -- promises to be a definitive work." -- Dr. Henry Kissinger
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
338.91/730409044
Synopsis
In this landmark, character-driven history, Greg Behrman tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild World War II-ravaged Western Europe. With nuanced, vivid prose, Behrman recreates the story of a unique American enterprise that was at once strategic, altruistic and stunningly effective, and of a time when America stood as a beacon of generosity and moral leadership. When World War II ended in Europe, the continent lay in tatters. Tens of millions of people had been killed. Ancient cities had been demolished. The economic, financial and commercial foundations of Europe were in shambles. Western Europe's Communist parties -- feeding off people's want and despair -- were flourishing as, to the east, Stalin's Soviet Union emerged as the sole superpower on the continent. The Marshall Plan was a four-year, $13 billion (more than $100 billion in today's dollars) plan to provide assistance for Europe's economic recovery. More than an aid program, it sought to modernize Western Europe's economies and launch them on a path to prosperity and integration; to restore Western Europe's faith in democracy and capitalism; to enmesh the region firmly in a Western economic association and eventually a military alliance. It was the linchpin of America's strategy to meet the Soviet threat. It helped to trigger the Cold War and, eventually, to win it. Through detailed and exhaustive research, Behrman brings this vital and dramatic epoch to life and animates the personalities that shaped it. The narrative follows the six extraordinary American statesmen -- George Marshall, Will Clayton, Arthur Vandenberg, Richard Bissell, Paul Hoffman and W. Averell Harriman -- who devised and implemented the Plan, as well as some of the century's most important personalities -- Winston Churchill, Josef Stalin, Joseph McCarthy -- who are also central players in the drama told here. More than a humanitarian endeavor, the Marshall Plan was one of the most effective foreign policies in all of American history, in large part because, as Behrman writes, it was born and executed in a time when American "foreign policy was defined by its national interests and the very best of ideals.", In this landmark, character-driven history, Greg Behrman tells the story of the Marshall Plan, the unprecedented and audacious policy through which America helped rebuild World War II-ravaged Western Europe. With nuanced, vivid prose, Greg Behrman recreates the story of a unique American enterprise that was at once strategic, altruistic and stunningly effective, and of a time when America stood as a beacon of generosity and moral leadership. The Marshall Plan was a four-year, $13 billion (more than $100 billion in today's dollars) plan to provide assistance for Europe's economic recovery at the end of World War II. More than an aid program, it sought to modernize Western Europe's economies and launch them on a path to prosperity and integration; to restore Western Europe's faith in democracy and capitalism; to enmesh the region firmly in a Western economic association and eventually a military alliance. It was the linchpin of America's strategy to meet the Soviet threat. It helped to trigger the Cold War and, eventually, to win it. Through detailed and exhaustive research, Behrman brings this vital and dramatic epoch to life and animates the personalities that shaped it. More than a humanitarian endeavor, the Marshall Plan was one of the most effective foreign policies in all of American history, in large part because, as Behrman writes, it was born and executed in a time when American "foreign policy was defined by its national interests and the very best of ideals."
LC Classification Number
HC240.B384 2008
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