Praise for "Winning The Peace"
"Nicolaus Mills's fascinating book at once challenges the
conventional wisdom about the success of the Marshall Plan and
argues that the plan succeeded anyway. I can't imagine a more
timely reflection on how the United States once reinforced
democracy abroad without losing the world's respect--and its own
political soul."
--Sean Wilentz, Dayton-Stockton Professor of History, Princeton
University and author of "The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson
to Lincoln"
"By illuminating the past, Nicolaus Mills's eloquent history of
the Marshall Plan also informs thepresent. Marshall's genius was to
understand that the power of America's example is as important as
the example of its power. As we grapple with new global
challenges--from radical fundamentalists to the spread of lethal
weapons and from economic dislocation to environmental
degradation--Mills's study of Marshall reminds us how urgent it is
that we recapture the totality of America's strength."
--Senator Joseph Biden, Chairman, U.S. Senate Foreign Relations
Committee
"Nicolaus Mills has a double purpose in this splendid book.
First, he gives us a lively and accessible account of the
conception and implementation of the Marshall Plan and a probing
analysis of its effectiveness.That is his historical project; he
also has a political project of great importance--to remind us of
what America can do in the world when its leaders are committed to
speak honestly to their own people, to consult with allies abroad
(and listen to what they say), and to adapt policy to the
circumstances of the 'real world.' "
--Michael Walzer, author of "Just and Unjust Wars"
""In Winning the Peace,"Nicolaus Mills has not only given the
reader a clear account of the Marshall Plan--and why it worked--but
also a moving and timely reminder of just what a great and selfless
American George C. Marshall was. It is an important and very
readable work of history."
--Michael Korda, author of "Ulysses S. Grant and Ike"
"Of all the ambitious undertakings in American foreign policy,
the Marshall Plan particularly merits a fresh look, with an eye
both to its historical significance and to its lessons for today's
world--and tomorrow's U.S. leaders. Nicolaus Mills has given the
plan and the man for whom it is named just that. He has done so
with admirable clarity, concision, and persuasiveness."
--Strobe Talbott, President of the Brookings Institution and
author of "The Great Experiment"
"Popularly perceived by Americans, the 'Marshall Plan' was
simply a welfare program. In reality, it was a nation-building
effort aimed at nothing less than the reorganization of European
capitalism. Nick Mills's masterful synthesis has captured, in an
amazingly brief and accessible treatment, the extreme complexity of
the interaction of the seventeen sovereign and competitive nations
formally linked by the European Recovery Program."
--Dr. Larry I. Bland, Senior Director, George C. Marshall
Foundation
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