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Soviet Sabotage and the Marshall Plan
FromBuilding the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde
Soviet Sabotage and the Marshall Plan
FromBuilding the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, and Foreign Policy with Dan Runde
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Length:
40 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
In this podcast, Dan Runde is joined by Benn Steil, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations. In February 2018, Dr. Steil published a new book, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War, that places foreign aid to Western Europe in the context of the Cold War and U.S. national security interests. You can find CSIS’ review of the book here. Dan and Dr. Steil also discuss his earlier work, The Battle of Bretton Woods, which focuses on the Bretton Woods conference which established the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The role of Soviet espionage in the conference is rarely discussed and prepares you for his later work focused on the Marshall Plan. A Marshall Plan announced today would be worth closer to $103 billion and an enormous amount of effort from people like General Marshall and Arthur Vandenberg was required to ensure that it passed through Congress. For more, check out the book event hosted at CSIS.
Released:
Apr 23, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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