How did the marshall plan affect the course of the cold war in western europe?

The Marshall Plan sent more than $13 billion in aid to Western Europe. ... The May 1948 issue of Kiplinger was devoted to taking advantage of the Marshall Plan's economic ripple effect.

no options provided, here,but the answer to this question is often: a historian cites a japanese newspaper article published a year after the end of world war ii in order to draw conclusions about the effect of the war on the japanese economy.

clearly from the answer, the historian alludes to historical sources,and records to aid in analyzing and drawing conclusion on the effect of the war on the economy of japan.