The Marshall Plan: foreign aid at 60 . Originally published June 5, 2007 at 12:00 am Updated June 5, 2007 at 2:00 am ...

Exactly 70 years ago, ironically, U.S.-European relations were at their highest point, thanks in part to the Marshall Plan. On June 5, 1947, two years after World War II had ended, Secretary of ...

But the Marshall Plan to rebuild the postwar economy of Western Europe has always been above reproach. Even today, it is revered as a model of successful foreign aid–as when the Kissinger ...

Tuesday marked the last day for USAID, the foreign aid program created by President John F. Kennedy in 1963 with help from a prominent Mainer.

The Marshall Plan gave economic aid to Europe and forged an alliance against the USSR 75 years ago. The Russia-Ukraine war is testing its legacy.

The Marshall Plan gave more than $13 billion in aid to European nations—including its World War II enemies, Germany and Italy—and was crucial in revitalizing their post-war economies.

L ast month marked the 75th anniversary of the launch of the Marshall Plan — by any reasonable metric, the most successful aid program in history, as well as the most celebrated of all American ...

The Marshall Plan was such a success that it inspired President Harry S. Truman to create the Four Point Program, which gave technological and economic aid to developing countries.

Truman signs Marshall Plan April 3, 1948 By Andrew Glass 04/03/2008 05:20 AM EDT On this day in 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law a massive aid package to restore the ravished post-war ...

Congress passed a pre-Marshall Plan of food and agricultural assistance in 1947. This interim aid program helped stabilize the hunger crisis in Europe so a recovery program could succeed.