THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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end the Red Scare in the United States.
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help member countries protect each other from the threat of communism
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strengthen the Warsaw Pact.
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stop the construction of nuclear missiles.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. NATO was the first peacetime military alliance the United States entered into outside of the Western Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-2: -Formed in 1949 with the signing of the Washington Treaty, NATO is a security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe. NATO’s fundamental goal is to safeguard the Allies’ freedom and security by political and military means.
Detailed explanation-3: -There was a fear that the USSR would attack a Western European country to spread communism. Communist countries were established in China and North Korea. The formation of NATO meant that the USA could place weapons in member states to stop the communists from attacking.
Detailed explanation-4: -Safeguarding the freedom and security of its members NATO’s greatest responsibility is to protect and defend Allied territory and populations against attack in a world where peace and security cannot be taken for granted.
Detailed explanation-5: -North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), military alliance established by the North Atlantic Treaty (also called the Washington Treaty) of April 4, 1949, which sought to create a counterweight to Soviet armies stationed in central and eastern Europe after World War II.