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How The Looming Soviet Threat Gave Rise To NATO


How The Looming Soviet Threat Gave Rise To NATO
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It's been 70 years since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization came into being when 12 countries pledged to defend each other should any of them come under attack. RFE/RL takes a look at NATO's origins, and how Soviet expansionism and its objections to a United Nations force, led to its creation.

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