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...United States plan to revitalize the European economy after World War II--announced by Secretary of State George C. Marshall at Harvard's Commencement in 1947--represented "the most successful foreign policy initiative that the United States has mounted since World War II," said Professor of History Charles S. Maier, who served as moderator...
...billion, four-year aid program was successful even though it provided only a fraction of the necessary capital because all it had to do was "clear bottlenecks and let society recover," Maier told the crowd of about 50 people. He added that American money acted "like oil in a machine. It helped to alleviate the constraints [on economic growth...
...opportunity to work for the Europeans from central offices in Paris and Washington. The excitement over the implementation of the plan reflected the nation's belief at the time "that intelligent action can be immensely helpful and not just muck things up," says Professor of History Charles S. Maier, who is currently working on a history...
...questions I thought about were to what extent the methods of studying 20th century American history should be different than the methods ofstudying 18th century history," said Professor ofHistory Charles S. Maier...
...most reflective piece inspired bythe 350th appeared in the pages of The NewRepublic. In the magazine's September 8 issue,Professor of History Charles S. Maier '60 toucheson a host of current Harvard affairs, and writesthat "at 350, the prevailing attitude amongstudents and faculty seems to be one of cautiousincrementalism and earnest moralism: a whiggishequipoise. This is certainly Derek Bok'sposture...