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In 1942 US President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] envisaged a post-[[World War II]] world order managed by what he called “the four policemen”, each of which would be responsible for maintaining peace in its sphere of influence. In his conception, Britain would be in charge in its empire and [[Western Europe]], the [[Soviet Union]] in [[eastern Europe]] and the central [[Eurasia]]n landmass, [[China]] in [[East Asia]] and the western Pacific, and the [[United States]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. At the insistence of British [[Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]], France was later added and recognized as responsible for the affairs of its empire.
In 1942 US President [[Franklin Roosevelt]] envisaged a post-[[World War II]] world order managed by what he called “the four policemen”, each of which would be responsible for maintaining peace in its sphere of influence. In his conception, Britain would be in charge in its empire and [[Western Europe]], the [[Soviet Union]] in [[eastern Europe]] and the central [[Eurasia]]n landmass, [[China]] in [[East Asia]] and the western Pacific, and the [[United States]] in the [[Western Hemisphere]]. At the insistence of British [[Prime Minister]] [[Winston Churchill]], France was later added and recognized as responsible for the affairs of its empire.
==NATO 1948 - 1991==
==NATO 1949 - 1991==
In [[Europe]] in 1949, the [[United States]] sponsored the [[North Atlantic Treaty Organization]] (NATO) to hold the [[USSR]] and its [[ideology]] at bay, submerge the traditional antagonisms of [[Western Europe]]'s [[great power]]s ([[France]], [[Germany]], [[Italy]], the [[United Kingdom]]) in an [[American]]-led alliance structure, and facilitate the [[economic]] and [[political]] recovery of Western Europe. As a purely defensive alliance of [[democratic]] [[state]]s led by the United States, [[NATO]] very effectively served all three purposes throughout the [[Cold War]].
==See also==
==See also==