The visionaries : Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the making of the post-World War II order / James Holland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holland, James, 1970- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World politics--20th century.

World politics.

Peace-building--History--20th century.

Peace-building.

Peace-building, American--History--20th century.

Peace-building, American.

Marshall Plan.

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference (1944 : Bretton Woods, N.H.).

United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference.

Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.

Truman, Harry S.

International Monetary Fund.

World Bank.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.

United States--Politics and government--1901-1953.

United States.

Soviet Union.

Europe.

Genre:

History

Informational works

Physical Description:

305 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Grove Atlantic US hardcover edition.

Other Title:

Bretton Woods, the Marshall Plan, and the making of the post-World War Two order

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic, 2026.

Summary:

"From the pre-eminent WWII historian, an ardent chronicle of the unprecedented and far-sighted U.S. postwar decision to aid its enemies as well as its allies via the Marshall Plan, which led to eight decades of peace and prosperity in the West that could be upended in an "America First" environment. On March 12, 1947, less than two years after the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman gave a seminal speech before Congress, in response to a European crisis: Greece was facing economic collapse and encroaching Soviet ambition, and Truman felt the U.S. had to give financial aid to a free people resisting attempted subjugation, which, he emphasized, would promote 'economic stability and orderly political processes.' The U.S. was the richest nation in the world, but Truman believed that shared prosperity among the democracies would make them politically more stable and long-term peace much more likely. His momentous proposition that the U.S. bail out Greece led in turn to the unprecedented and radical Marshall Plan itself: the decision to aid not only U.S. allies but--for the first time in history--our former enemies as they all rebuilt from the ruins of the calamitous war. Indeed, with this aid Germany and Japan became economic powerhouses and, with most of Europe, staunch allies of the U.S.--and almost eighty years on the benefits of this extraordinary decision are still being felt. [...] In tight and vivid prose, The Visionaries chronicles the prelude to the Marshall Plan--from Franklin Roosevelt's historic "four freedoms" speech and "Good Neighbor Policy" towards Central and South America to the landmark Bretton Woods Conference of July 1944, which established the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, pillars of world stability." -- Publisher's description.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"First published in 2026 in Great Britain by Bantam, an imprint of Transworld Publishers" -- Title page verso.

ISBN:

9780802168078

0802168078

OCLC:

1584590807

Publisher Number:

90104425530