June 06, 2008

Marshall Plan Conference in Vienna

The Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation sponsored “Images of the Marshall Plan: Film, Photographs, Exhibits, Posters” a symposium on May 19 and 20 in Vienna. CenterAustria of the University of New Orleans and the Institute of Social and Economic History of the University of Vienna were the program organizers.

Traditional approaches in Marshall Plan Studies have been analyzing the economic contribution of the European Recovery Program (ERP) to Western Europe’s economic recovery and political stabilization. This meeting focused on Marshall Plan public relations and propaganda.

How was the Marshall Plan “sold” to the Americans and how were its achievements presented to the Western Europeans to remind them of America’s generosity in rebuilding Europe and buttressing Europeans against the Communist threat? For more about the conference, please visit CenterAustria’s website.