THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARSHALL PLAN IN EUROPE, THE TRUE REASON FOR THE FORMATION OF COMECON Cover Image

IMPLEMENTAREA PLANULUI MARSHALL ÎN EUROPA, DEVĂRATUL MOTIV AL FORMĂRII CAER
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MARSHALL PLAN IN EUROPE, THE TRUE REASON FOR THE FORMATION OF COMECON

Author(s): Andi Mihail Băncilă, Adrian Mihai Diaconu
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: Marshall Plan; USSR; ideological confrontation; economy; Truman Doctrine

Summary/Abstract: Regarding the end of the Cold War, Francis Fukuyama states that it is the final phase of the ideological confrontations between superpowers: “the end of humanity`s ideological evolution and the globalization of free democracy as the final form of government”. This “last great confrontation” was seen at the time as the final moment of confrontation for the creation of a unique model for the human civilization. The two superpowers that disputed over the leadership of the world after WW II used all existing methods for forcing their own governmental system. Both the USA and the USSR had in mind winning this confrontation by inducing their own psychological profile upon the mental map of the individual person within the opposing ideological block. The economical component had a major impact, each of the two superpowers seeking to elaborate an economic development model that would be more attractive than the others.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 179-190
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian