The Marshall Plan Themes
Compassion and Forgiveness
Taken at its best, the Marshall Plan is all about compassion and forgiveness. The former is directed toward everyone in Europe who was hurt by the war, which was like...well, everyone. Marshall doe...
Warfare
The Marshall Plan is all about the consequences of warfare. Specifically, one war in particular. The one that your dad and all his friends are obsessed with: WWII. When the Marshall Plan speech was...
Suffering
The goal of the Marshall Plan was to relieve suffering. The motivation can be debated a bit. It could be because reducing suffering is the right and moral thing to do. Or it could be that suffering...
Power
The interplay of power in the Marshall Plan is an interesting one. World War II had created two superpowers. Europe was a bombed-out mess, so even though Great Britain was in the winner's circle, i...
American Exceptionalism
American Exceptionalism isn't just the belief that America is awesome…but that's definitely part of it.It's a belief system that takes the idea that America is awesome as its basis. Awesome becau...