Greece at the Turning Point: Remembrances of US Foreign Service Families Living and Working in Postwar Greece (Publications of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, King's College London)

Greece at the Turning Point: Remembrances of US Foreign Service Families Living and Working in Postwar Greece is a collection of previously unpublished personal memoirs and extracts from private letters, which provides astonishing insight into the experiences of American experts tasked with implementing the Marshall Plan in Greece.Members of the American aid mission, a key division of the larger Marshall Plan across Europe, ushered the United States into its new role as a global superpower.They encountered war-torn Greece at a turning point and worked together to facilitate the reconstruction of a society devastated by the Axis Occupation of World War II and the Greek Civil War.Alongside the official mission, a quieter but equally demanding project unfolded: The work of the American spouses who built households amid scarcity and uncertainty. Marking the 80th anniversary of the Marshall Plan and coinciding with the contemporary retraction of US international aid programs, this collectio