"Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos. Its purpose should be the revival of a working economy in the world so as to permit the emergence of political and social conditions in which free institutions can exist." — George C. Marshall, Harvard Address, June 5, 1947
Marshall's speech is best understood as a continuation of which earlier 1947 policy initiative?
- Acheck_circle
The Truman Doctrine of containing communism through economic and military aid
- B
The Open Door Policy toward China
- C
The Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America
- D
The Lend-Lease program for Britain
Explanation
The Marshall Plan operationalized the containment ideas articulated in the Truman Doctrine (March 1947), shifting from emergency aid for Greece and Turkey to broader European economic reconstruction.