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=== Beginning ===

=== Beginning ===

[[Image:NATO1.gif‎|thumb|250px| NATO committee.]]

[[Image:NATO1.gif‎|thumb|250px| NATO committee.]]

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established shortly after [[World War II]] in 1949. The original members consisted of ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada. These countries formed the alliance to further the goal of security in the North Atlantic region, they did this by ingraining the principal that an attack against one member would be considered an attack against all, and thus, all would respond with support to the offended nation. In 1952 NATO began its first round of enlargement of the early alliances history, letting in [[Turkey]] and [[Portugal]] (which at the time was a dictatorship).

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was established shortly after [[World War II]] in 1949. The original members consisted of ten Western European countries, the United States, and Canada. These countries formed the alliance to further the goal of security in the North Atlantic region, they did this by ingraining the principal that an attack against one member would be considered an attack against all, and thus, all would respond with support to the offended nation. In 1952 NATO began its first round of enlargement of the early alliances history, letting in [[Turkey]].  

=== Cold War ===

=== Cold War ===

NATO acceptance of Western European countries in 1995 led Soviet Russia to set up a counter organization, The Warsaw Treaty Organization (or Warsaw Pact).  Common defense and the ongoing MAD strategy, and economic crisis led the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization’s to its demise. NATO’s transatlantic relations and prevention where key to the end of the Cold war and the beginning of a interlinking of United States and European policies, which still remains to this day.

NATO acceptance of Western European countries in 1995 led Soviet Russia to set up a counter organization, The Warsaw Treaty Organization (or Warsaw Pact).  Common defense and the ongoing MAD strategy, and economic crisis led the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Treaty Organization’s to its demise. NATO’s transatlantic relations and prevention where key to the end of the Cold war and the beginning of a interlinking of United States and European policies, which still remains to this day.