{"product_id":"the-marshall-plan-9781501102387","title":"The Marshall Plan","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2019 New-York Historical Society Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize in American History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2018 American Academy of Diplomacy Douglas Dillon Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the 2018 Duff Cooper Prize in Literary Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“[A] brilliant book…by far the best study yet” (Paul Kennedy, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) of the gripping history behind the Marshall Plan and its long-lasting influence on our world.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the wake of World War II, with Britain’s empire collapsing and Stalin’s on the rise, US officials under new Secretary of State George C. Marshall set out to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism. Their massive, costly, and ambitious undertaking would confront Europeans and Americans alike with a vision at odds with their history and self-conceptions. In the p","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49531326529879,"sku":"9781501102387","price":19.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501102387.jpg?v=1731882666","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-marshall-plan-9781501102387","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}