Historians suggest there were some positive post war features .For example foreign aid, 2.6 billion dollars of Marshall aid between 1947 and 1952.Another positive aspect was the re -establishment of trading links with colonies within the French union. ... For France to reconstruct and modernise it had to be achieved by state direction of the economy, this meant public ownership ,regulation, credit allocation, subsidies and planning. ... The Monnet plan also concerned itself with what it felt where the main priorities .The main sectors targeted were coal, steel, electricity, cement, agricultura...

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