"In considering the requirements for the rehabilitation of Europe the physical loss of life, the visible destruction of cities,
factories, mines, and railroads was correctly estimated, but it has become obvious during recent months that this visible destruction was probably less serious than the dislocation of the entire fabric of European economy…. Aside from the demoralizing effect on the world at large and the possibilities of disturbances arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned, the consequences to the economy of the United States should be apparent to all. It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace." - Excerpt from the Marshall Plan (1948) What Cold War policy would the Marshall plan help support? A) Domino Theory B) Flexible Response C) policy of Containment D) Mutually Assured Destruction
The Domino Theory or also called the snowball effect sequence applied to international politics according to which, if a country enters a certain political system, it would drag others from its area towards that same ideology. The ideologist of this theory is not known with certainty; but it is usually named the American politician Eisenhower who predicted that communism could spread throughout the world if the spiral could not be stopped.
Generally speaking, unlike the system of justice in the united states, medieval justice sometimes relied upon "divine law," in which the criminal justice system was based on religious faith.
