Annotated Bibliography
Sarah Trumbo
Central Question- What
was the cost of the Marshall Plan?
SOURCE #1-
Ritschl, Albrecht.
"The Marshall Plan, 1948-1951".EH.Net Encyclopedia, edited by Robert
Whaples. February 10, 2008.
This article explains
the idea around the Marshall plan and how it was supposed to help the countries
in Europe. The writing is very
structural and easy to understand. As you read through the article the dates
make sense and the story is told in a very articulate manner. Even though you
cannot call this article short and to the point, it clearly informs its reader
of the necessary facts about the Marshall plan.
This article helps
answer my central question by giving me dates, costs, and energy given to
complete the Marshall plan. It also gave statistics about the amount of money
the U.S gave compared to how much it would actually help in the act to “rebuild”
Europe. The statistics they gave were relevant and not used to take up space.
It gives background info that I can use to make the case for my central
question stronger, as well as answering it in detail.
SOURCE #2-
Adelmann, Bob. "The Marshall Plan: the post-WWII
Marshall Plan, long touted as the aid plan that reinvigorated Europe, didn't
have as its first priority actually helping the citizens of Europe." The
New American 23 July 2012: 34+. General OneFile. Web. 13 Mar. 2013.
Document URL
This online document
gives a summary of why the Marshall Plan was needed. It goes through the expenses
of what European countries needed to fix. Many cities and economy’s needed
help. It gave more background information on why the Marshall plan was needed
than how much it cost. The document was very well stated and the author
obviously knew their facts about World War 2. It was organized by date not by
country and theme. It was a good timeline document.
This document
assisted in the answering of my central question by basically giving me a
timeline of World War two and the effect of the war on the land and economy’s
in Europe. It gave me a lot of background info on why the U.S. felt obligated
to help, and how much they were willing to contribute. Based on the story and
facts the document gave me, it was easy for me to piece together why the U.S.
gave what they did.
SOURCE #3-
Peter J. Duignan and Lewis H. Gann 2010.
This article provides textual and image
evidence on what the Marshall plan was. It gave number figures and stats to
how the Marshall plan helped the European countries that the money went to and
how it affected the U.S. It is somewhat biased saying that the Marshall plan
was a great idea; however it was a good source because it gave hard facts. The
article makes available the names of the people behind the plan. It articulated
the evidence about the Marshall plan in a very organized and neat way, making
it easy to find the information I needed.
“The Marshall
Plan” by Peter J. Dunignan, helped me answer my central question by organizing
the price and stats in a neat and simple fashion, so that I could understand
them. They gave why the planners of the Marshall plan wanted to give over 13 billion
and not more or less. The article showed its reader (me) that what the actual
cost would have been today, not back in the 50’s. It addresses the actions of the European countries
that benefited by showing how they were going to essentially repay the U.S. in
the future.
