The Relevance of the Marshall Plan to the Cold War This paper examines the history and some of the broad details of the Marshall Plan that provided massive economic aid to seventeen nations in Europe in the historical era directly following the end of the Second World War. This paper describes some of the difficulties the plan faced, highlighting the manner in which the Marshall Plan actually exasperated tension between the United States and the Soviet Union. Pages: 3 Bibliography: 2 source(s) listed Filename: 21462 Price: 26.85