GLBL 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter NA: Marshall Plan, De Jure
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Ww2 aftermath: europe (to dissociate w nazism) sought help from ussr and us (had no interest in protecting colonial empires) Un headquarters moved to ny: after concentration camps were discovered, condemnation of racism followed and the. Urgent problems in the north: reconstruction of europe, marshall plan was launched to help european economy and provide america"s huge production capacity to markets needed for postwar conversion, looming breach between wartime allies and stalin"s claim in europe. Poland, romania, czech, and hungary became "people"s democracies" + civil war in greece: by 1948, soviets were blockading berlin and cold war called for preventative measures like nato. 3 ideas for inaugural address: us continue to support new un organization, keep up european reconstruction effort by means of the marshall plan, create joint defense organization (nato) to meet soviet threat. However, suggestions arose to extend technical assistance already given to latin americas to poorer countries: ok"ed as public relations gimmick.
