Why the Marshall Plan Worked — and Why It Won’t in Today’s Warzones
On May 10, 1948, the John H. Quick brought 8,800 tons of wheat to the port of Bordeaux, the first shipboard aid to France under the Marshall Plan.
By Benn Steil
April 2, 2018
A host of similar-sounding yet unworkable aid schemes are among the legacies of the one that launched 70 years ago Tuesday.
The Marshall Plan—the mammoth aid scheme to revive western Europe after World War II—celebrates its 70th anniversary on April 3. And perhaps its most enduring legacy is the endless desire to repeat it.
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