00000nam a2200000 a 4500 Bischof, Günter aut Verfasser/-in Petschar, Hans aut Verfasser/-in Kada, Alexandra Binder, Otmar trl Übersetzer/-in The Marshall Plan saving Europe, Rebuilding Austria Günter Bischof ; Hans Petschar Wien University of New Orleans Press 2017 1. edition On June 5, 1947, George C. Marshall delivered a speech at Harvard University that would change the world. With that speech, the U.S. Secretary of State, and close confidant of President Truman, ushered in the European Recovery Program (ERP), which would soon burgeon into the most successful political project in U.S. and European history. Underwritten by the American taxpayer, an unbelievable fourteen billion dollars was made available between 1948 and 1952 for the Marshall Plan, money that continues to have multiple benefits for Austria's state, economy, and society. Wonderfully balancing the text with pictures and illustrations, Günter Bischof and Hans Petschar tell the thrilling success story of the Marshall Plan and its undiminished vitality. 9781608011476 9781608011476 160801147X 160801147X eng 333 S. : Ill.