NATO (background)

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Cards (6)

  • The western european states feared the Soviet agression but even jointly couldn't match the USSR's power . They needed the support of the USA
  • The USA was reluctant to be involved in a European military alliance but was persuaded by Communist take-over of Czechoslovakia
  • The USA was reluctant to be involved in a European military alliance but was persuaded by the Berlin blockade
  • NATO is a defensive alliance. It would only fight if attacked. An attack on one member was to be regared as an attack on all
  • members : - USA , Britain , Belgium , Canada , Denmark , France , Iceland , Italy , Luxembourg , Netherlands , Norway , Portugal , Greece ( from 1952 ) , Turkey (from 1952) , West Germany ( from 1952 )
  • It was generally ahead on nuclear weapons thanks to the USA's lead in the nuclear arms race