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

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 ...

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.

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.

While this sum is extraordinary, it is on par to the 2% of GDP spent on the original Marshall Plan at the end of World War II. But what a difference a near-century makes.

Nobel Peace Prize winner and Chief of Staff George Marshall was born on this day in history, Dec. 31, 1880. He's best known for his development of the Marshall Plan following World War II.