George Bush has called the reconstruction of Iraq "the greatest financial commitment of its kind since the Marshall Plan." Find out what the Truman administration actually did, and what lessons can be drawn from it, with this special package of highlights from the Foreign Affairs archives.

Historical Documents

Essays

Alternatives for Germany

Allen W. Dulles

From the April 1947 issue of Foreign Affairs

Measuring the Marshall Plan

Stacy May

From the April 1948 issue of Foreign Affairs

The Marshall Plan Reconsidered: A Complex of Motives

Diane B. Kunz

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

The European Response: Primacy of Politics

David Reynolds

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

In the Halls of the Capitol: A Memoir

Charles P. Kindleberger

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

Profiles

An Extraordinary Partnership: Marshall and Acheson

James Chace

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

A Modest Magician: Will Clayton and the Rebuilding of Europe

Gergory Fessedal and Bill Mikhail

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

Reflections

Special Relationships: The Postwar Bequest

Roy Jenkins

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

Lessons of the Plan: Looking Forward to the Next Century

Walt W. Rostow

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs

Miles to Go: From American Plan to European Union

Helmut Schmidt

From the May/June 1997 issue of Foreign Affairs