Aims of NATO

• What are the main aims of NATO?

  to guarantee the freedom and security of its' members through political and military means
• NATO aimed to protect Western Europe from potential _?

  Soviet attack
• NATO aimed to resist the spread of _ to Western Europe

  communism
• NATO aimed to provide a system of _?

  collective security
• NATO aimed to strengthen the American military presence in _?

  Europe
• NATO aimed to ensure that the smaller member countries would be less vulnerable to _?

  Soviet influence or attack
• NATO aimed to make good on the Truman Doctrine, which stated that _?

  The US would resist the spread of communism
• The Berlin Blockade seemed to indicate a new _ from the soviets. NATO was established to try and _ this

  aggressive intent, counter
• NATO aimed to prevent _?

  Soviet expansion