{"id":142,"date":"2022-01-04T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/his247su22\/?post_type=chapter&p=142"},"modified":"2022-05-04T18:10:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T18:10:12","slug":"nato-and-the-warsaw-pact","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.ccconline.org\/his2015\/chapter\/nato-and-the-warsaw-pact\/","title":{"raw":"4.3 NATO and The Warsaw Pact","rendered":"4.3 NATO and The Warsaw Pact"},"content":{"raw":"

NATO<\/h2>\r\nThe United States of America, Canada, and Western European countries established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the mutual defense and protection against the Soviet Union in 1949. The signatories agreed to defend any of the members when attacked. It took months to negotiate the language of the treaty for three reasons.\r\n
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  1. The ability to declare war rests solely with the U.S. Congress.<\/li>\r\n \t
  2. The U.S. wanted to make military spending contingent on regional coordination.<\/li>\r\n \t
  3. The U.S. wanted to expand the scope of membership beyond West Europe. It continues to be in effect.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_243\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]\"President President Truman signing NATO. Attribution: National Archives, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.[\/caption]\r\n

    Primary Source: NATO Treaty (1949)<\/a>\r\nOffice of the Historian: NATO<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

    Warsaw Pact<\/h2>\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_244\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"480\"]\"Warsaw Communist Bloc Conclave: The Warsaw Pact Conference, 11 May 1955, Warsaw, Poland. Attribution: Wikimedia Commons.[\/caption]\r\n\r\nIn response to West Germany\u2019s independence and admission to NATO, the countries under the influence of the Soviet Union established their own mutual defense alliance in 1955. The treaty guaranteed non-interference in one another\u2019s internal affairs, but the Soviet Union controlled the decision-making processes. It officially disbanded in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.\r\n

    Primary Sources: The Warsaw Security Pact (1955)<\/a>\r\nOffice of the Historian: Warsaw Pact<\/a>\r\nPrimary Sources at the Wilson Center Digital Archive: Warsaw Pact<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n

    Knowledge Check<\/h2>\r\nUse the following ungraded, self-check questions to confirm your learning for this module.\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n[h5p id=\"5\"]","rendered":"

    NATO<\/h2>\n

    The United States of America, Canada, and Western European countries established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the mutual defense and protection against the Soviet Union in 1949. The signatories agreed to defend any of the members when attacked. It took months to negotiate the language of the treaty for three reasons.<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. The ability to declare war rests solely with the U.S. Congress.<\/li>\n
    2. The U.S. wanted to make military spending contingent on regional coordination.<\/li>\n
    3. The U.S. wanted to expand the scope of membership beyond West Europe. It continues to be in effect.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
      \"President
      President Truman signing NATO. Attribution: National Archives, Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      Primary Source: NATO Treaty (1949)<\/a>
      \nOffice of the Historian:       NATO<\/a><\/p>\n

      Warsaw Pact<\/h2>\n
      \"Warsaw
      Communist Bloc Conclave: The Warsaw Pact Conference, 11 May 1955, Warsaw, Poland. Attribution: Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

      In response to West Germany\u2019s independence and admission to NATO, the countries under the influence of the Soviet Union established their own mutual defense alliance in 1955. The treaty guaranteed non-interference in one another\u2019s internal affairs, but the Soviet Union controlled the decision-making processes. It officially disbanded in 1991 following the dissolution of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n

      Primary Sources: The Warsaw Security Pact (1955)<\/a>
      \nOffice of the Historian:       Warsaw Pact<\/a>
      \nPrimary Sources at the Wilson Center Digital Archive:       Warsaw Pact<\/a><\/p>\n

      Knowledge Check<\/h2>\n

      Use the following ungraded, self-check questions to confirm your learning for this module.<\/p>\n

       <\/p>\n

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