SIX DECADES SINCE SIX DECADES SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATO OF NAT
SIX DECADES SINCE SIX DECADES SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NATO OF NAT
Author(s): Petre OtuContributor(s): Iulia NASTASIE (Translator)
Subject(s): Military history, International relations/trade, Security and defense, Military policy, Cold-War History, Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Centrul tehnic-editorial al armatei
Keywords: Cold War; Marshall Plan; Soviet expansionism; Europe’s reconstruction; collective security; political-military bloc;
Summary/Abstract: On March 17th, 1948, the Brussels Treaty was signed being, for 50 years, the first form of coalition of the Western European states with the purpose of defending security. Through Article IV, the most important one, the signatory states committed to afford reciprocal aid, military included, against any aggression. In the preamble of the document, Germany was explicitly mentioned both to spare the Soviet Union’s suspicions and to draw France in, as the country could not forget about its past relations with its Northern neighbour. In this context, the emergence of NATO represented a major event in international relations that were marked by the beginning of a completely new phenomenon – the Cold War. It was for the first time in history that the two sides of the Atlantic were connected through a formal agreement, which united their destinies.
Journal: Romanian Military Thinking
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 17-32
- Page Count: 16
- Language: English
