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What is the author's tone in this excerpt (emotionally neutral, admiring, surprised, skeptical) In the cruel aftermath of World War II, the Marshall Plan saved Europe from economic and political disaster. In June 1947, then Secretary of State George Marshall announced that the United States would give aid to war-torn Europe by funding a massive aid program designed to restore European prosperity and security. This aid, which totaled $12.4 billion by the time the plan ended in 1951, required that the foreign aid be spent in the United States on American-made goods. Thus, it not only stimulated impressive European industrial production and investment, it also boosted the American economy.
emotionally neutral/ objective