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This 5 page paper discusses the Marshall plan and its use in Greece after WWII. Two divergent theories: liberal peace theory and defensive realism theory are compared and contrasted. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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physical ruin and the United States was, more or less, the only country in the world at the time, capable of giving Europeans the aid that they needed. As such,
then, the United States set out to resurrect the European community as well as combat the perceived danger of a communist takeover in Europe. The Marshall Plan was outlined in
a speech by Secretary of State, George Marshall. This doctrine has been analyzed many ways and from many perspectives, but in the end, it can be stated, defensive realism gives
a better explanation of the reason why the US pursued the Marshall Plan, especially in regard to Greece. Shortly after the war, the Greek government gave a disheartening report of
the state of affairs in their country. The country was suffering from crushing poverty and famine. Many had left the country already, and many, it was reported, were being forcibly
relocated in various parts of the communist block, in particular Tashkent in Soviet Central Asia(Neustadt 1988). It was determined that the greatest need was the material reconstruction of the country
because of its strategic location and proximity to Russia. What makes Greece a bit different than the rest of the devastated countries after WWII was that in most of
the other countries the Marshall Plan did not necessarily aim toward feeding individuals or building individual houses, schools, or factories, but at strengthening the economic superstructure (particularly the iron-steel and
power industries)( Neustadt 1988). However, in Greece, this was exactly what was done. At first, most of the aid that came from the United States went directly to bolstering
the Greek military, while, on the other hand, other European cities were rebuilding their economic infrastructures. Defensive realism would agree that while other European communities were rebuilding their internal
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