Rebuilding Europe Western Europe, America and Postwar Reconstruction [Paperback]

With the end of the Cold War and the prospect of a federal Europe ever closer, this book is a timely reassessment of the processes by which western Europe was reborn out of the devastation and despair of 1945. Concentrating on the first postwar decade and making rich use of the latest research findings, David Ellwood gives a detailed account of the practicalities of reconstruction - how it was done, what it cost, who paid for it, and what those involved hoped for, expected and actually received.List of tables
List of abbreviations
Editorial foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The lesson of last time
2. The realities of survival 1945-47
3. Managing to shift to peace
4. The reinvention of American power
5. The road to the Marshall Plan
6. Interdependence and defence: the start of the Cold War
7. The road to containment
8. Interdependence and economics: the limits of reform
9. Filling the dollar gap: the evolution of the Marshall Plan
10. From Korea to recovery
11. Hoping for prosperity
12. Expecting growth
Tables
Bibliography
Guide to further reading
Index