On April 3, 1948, President Harry Truman signed into law the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, better known as the Marshall Plan. Named after its main proponent, Secretary of State George C. Marshall, ...
George C. Marshall was doubtless moved to be equated with George Washington. As Harvard University granted the secretary of state an honorary law doctorate on June 5, 1947, its citation called him “a ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Scott D. Parrish, and Mikhail M. Narinisky, "New Evidence on the Soviet Rejection of the Marshall Plan, 1947: Two Reports," Cold War International ...