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Question: What was the Marshall Plan!?
I know it's about the Reconstruction of Europe and Japan but what is it really!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


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The plan had four components: grants (dollar aid), counterpart funds, technical assistance and guarantees!. Grants were received by European countries to buy primarily U!.S!. goods and services!. Counterpart funds, which matched U!.S!. assistance, were set aside by each European country to rebuild infrastructure!. Technical assistance paid for Europeans to learn modern U!.S!. industrial methods!. Guarantees, used to encourage U!.S!. businessmen to invest in modernizing Europe, promised that returns on investment could be obtained in dollars!.

For the United States, the Marshall Plan provided markets for American goods, created reliable trading partners, and supported the development of stable democratic governments in Western Europe!. Congress’s approval of the Marshall Plan signaled an extension of the bipartisanship of World War II into the postwar years!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It's a massive influx of American money!. The money, however had a price: areas had to prove that they were anti-communist in order to get any help!. Once they embraced Americanism, or a dictator like Chiang Kai-shek who denounced it for them, then the money flowed!Www@QuestionHome@Com

It was the plan that didn"t help Finland or any of the communist countries!. It was just an american way to trie to get more power in West Europe!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Staisil is correct, and the other boobs don't realize that the USSR was offered a chance to participate, but declined!.Www@QuestionHome@Com