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With hunger and discontent plaguing postwar Europe,
the U.S. proposes an aid program to rebuild the
ruined continent.
But the Marshall Plan also solidifies the deep
ideological differences between East and West.
 
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| Following World War II, President Harry Truman
shut down America's first
spy agency, fearful of a U.S. "Gestapo."
But the Cold War changed his mind.
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| Like the Marshall Plan, the International Monetary
Fund has bailed out economies worldwide. So why is it
under vicious attack? CNN's Garrick Utley reports.
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| The drama of murder and a coup in Czechoslovakia in 1948
still affect the way the United States distributes aid around the world today.
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TIME: George Marshall
March 10, 1947
PRAVDA: Guns instead of butter
July 24, 1948
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George Marshall was FDR's first choice to lead the Allied invasion of Europe during World War II. Roosevelt ultimately chose Eisenhower because Marshall was too valuable in Washington as Army chief of staff.
"I feel I could not sleep at night with you out of the country," Roosevelt told him.
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