International Developments in the post World War 2 World
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  • The Cold War
    • Causes of the Cold War
    • Yalta Conference of February 1945
    • The Cold War Goals for the United States
    • The Cold War Goals for the Soviet Union
  • Importance of the Truman Doctrine and Marshall
    • Truman Doctrine and its impact upon the Cold War
    • The Marshall Plan and its impact upon the Cold War
    • The originations of both the Korean War and Vietnam
  • Tiananmen Square (1989)
    • The causes/outcome of the uprising in Hungary (1956)
    • Berlin Airlift
    • Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Organizations of the Cold War
    • NATO
    • Warsaw Pact
    • SEATO
  • Nationalism

Members of NATO

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  • Belgium

  • Canada

  • Denmark

  • France

  • Iceland

  • Italy

  • Luxembourg

  • Netherlands

  • Norway

  • Portugal

  • United Kingdom

  • United States



The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is an international alliance that consists of 28 member states from North America and Europe. It was established at the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949. Article Five of the treaty states that if an armed attack occurs against one of the member states, it should be considered an attack against all members, and other members shall assist the attacked member, witharmed forces if necessary.

Of the 19 countries, two are located in North America (Canada and the United States) and 26 are European countries. All members have militias, although Iceland does not have a typical army (it does, however, have a military coast guard and a small unit of soldiers for NATO operations). Three of NATO's members are nuclear weapons states:France, the United Kingdom, and the United States.




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