Starting with Averell Harriman's biographical details, the essay – based on extensive use of primary sources, most of which are unpublished – traces his many political, economic and diplomatic activities. Also in contact with the Secret services, Harriman was one of the undisputed protagonists of a historical phase that was exceptional in some ways, in which the construction of Europe was part of the strategy and national interest of the United States. The implementation of the Marshall Plan, with Harriman in charge in Paris, thus became an opportunity to limit nationalism and support European integration in the context of the early Cold War.
A partire dai lineamenti biografici di Averell Harriman, il saggio – basato su un ampio ricorso a fonti primarie, perlopiù inedite – ne ripercorre le molteplici attività, politiche, economiche e diplomatiche. A contatto anche con i servizi segreti, Harriman è uno dei protagonisti indiscussi di una fase storica per certi versi eccezionale, nella quale la costruzione dell’Europa rientra nella strategia e nell’interesse nazionale degli Stati Uniti. L’attuazione del Piano Marshall, con Harriman responsabile a Parigi, diventa quindi l’occasione per limitare i nazionalismi e sostenere l’integrazione europea nel quadro della prima fase della guerra fredda.
Averell Harriman, il Piano Marshall e l’integrazione europea / Bernardi, Emanuele. - In: ANNALI DELLA FONDAZIONE UGO LA MALFA. - ISSN 1826-8854. - XL 2025:(2026), pp. 165-177.
Averell Harriman, il Piano Marshall e l’integrazione europea
Emanuele Bernardi
2026
Abstract
Starting with Averell Harriman's biographical details, the essay – based on extensive use of primary sources, most of which are unpublished – traces his many political, economic and diplomatic activities. Also in contact with the Secret services, Harriman was one of the undisputed protagonists of a historical phase that was exceptional in some ways, in which the construction of Europe was part of the strategy and national interest of the United States. The implementation of the Marshall Plan, with Harriman in charge in Paris, thus became an opportunity to limit nationalism and support European integration in the context of the early Cold War.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.


