North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Diplomacy, International Relations, Foreign Affairs, Military History
- Subcategories: Organizations, Agencies, Institutions
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1951-present, Italian History, German History, French History, Eastern European History, Scandinavian History, Spanish/Portuguese History, Middle Eastern History, Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Belgium, Hungary, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Turkey, Asia Minor, Portugal, Denmark, Canada, Luxembourg, Iceland, United States
- Date: Established, 1949
Organization founded for the implementation of the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949, which sought to establish an international counterweight against the Soviet presence in Eastern Europe. Its members include Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, the United Kingdom, the United States, and, as of 1999, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Hungary. At the treaty’s—and, hence, NATO’s—very heart, the signing nations agree that an attack on one NATO member is an attack on all, and all declare that the...
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