With Britains empire collapsing and Stalin ascendent, U.S. officials set out to reconstruct Western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritariansim. This is the story of the Marshall Plan and the birth of the Cold War: a gripping account of the seminal episodes marking the post-WWII collapse of U.S.-Soviet relations.Publisher: Oxford University PressAuthor(s): Benn (Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics, Council on Foreign Relations) SteilNumber of pages: 624Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 158 x 236 x 47Cover type: Paperback / softback