NATO was primarily formed because the "Eastern Block" had about 10 times as many conventional divisions on active status as Europe did at the time.
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NATO - the greatest influence in this alliance was the US. Most of West Europe was in NATO Warsaw Pact - led by the USSR. Most of east Europe was in this alliance.
Al Qaeda was originally created during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan, as a way for the Afghans to fight the Russians. They received intelligence from the Central Intelligence Agency and had the support of most of NATO. After the Soviets were kicked out of Afghanistan, they used their high powered weaponry and Americanized training to gain influence throughout the Middle East, and try to rid the Middle East of foreign influence. They began to dislike NATO, and America, because of their (or our) influence (foreign influence) in Saudi Arabia.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was a major instrument of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. The United States was instrumental in forming NATO in 1949 as a collective security alliance against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact. As the Cold War progressed, NATO evolved into a major tool for the United States to promote its foreign policy goals and objectives. The primary goal of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War was to contain Soviet power and prevent the spread of Communism. To this end, NATO provided a platform for the United States to project its power and influence across Europe and deter the Soviets from any form of expansion. For instance, the United States deployed hundreds of thousands of troops and nuclear weapons to Europe as part of the NATO alliance. This was a visible display of U.S. commitment to containing Soviet power, and served as a powerful deterrent to the Soviets. NATO also provided a platform for the United States to engage in various forms of diplomacy and negotiations with the Soviets. During the Cold War, the United States and its NATO allies engaged in a series of arms control talks with the Soviets, including the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. These negotiations led to the reduction of nuclear arms and helped to reduce the risk of nuclear war. NATO also provided a platform for the United States to promote democracy and human rights in Europe. During the Cold War, the United States used NATO to pressure the Soviet Union to respect the rights of its citizens, particularly in the wake of the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968. Additionally, the United States used NATO to help promote democracy and human rights in Eastern Europe, by supporting the Solidarity movement in Poland and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia. Finally, NATO provided the United States with a platform to strengthen its alliances with European countries. During the Cold War, the United States used NATO to foster closer ties with its European allies, and to promote joint defense initiatives and economic cooperation. This helped to create a strong political, economic, and military alliance between the United States and its European allies, which was essential in deterring Soviet aggression. In conclusion, NATO was a major instrument of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War. The United States used NATO to contain Soviet power, engage in arms control negotiations, promote democracy and human rights, and strengthen its alliances with European countries. As a result, NATO played an important role in helping the United States achieve its foreign policy goals and objectives during the Cold War.
Answer this question… How did the establishment of NATO affect the Cold War?
The countries united in NATO. (They did so with the help of nuclear weapons because communist countries had surplus in conventional weapons.)
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The European countries that were successful in resisting the Soviets joined NATO. NATO was successful because it had more nuclear weapons than the Soviets had, as well as having a system of government that was economically superior to communism.
The Warsaw Pact.
Judging by his actions and those of his forces in Germany and Hungary, I would say that is a big YES. It was only forestalled by the power of NATO's armour and possession of nuclear weapons.
NATO, like the UN, was formed because of fear after WWII of a nuclear war or more major violence. -CMoorzy
South Africa, Canada and Libya. South Africa developed six nuclear weapons under the apartheid government, but they voluntarily disarmed right before the fall of apartheid because 1) there would be no need for a country that wasn't white supremacist anymore to have nuclear weapons in Africa, and 2) they worried that the ANC might proliferate nuclear technology if they got their hands on it as they had a history of relations with leaders like Gaddaffi. Canada, long a major center of nuclear technology R&D, inventing the CANDU reactor and other pieces of nuclear technology, could have very easily developed nuclear weapons but chose an anti-nuclear stance and stated it wouldn't develop the bomb or allow other NATO states to station nuclear weapons on it's territory. Libya was very close to completing a nuclear bomb but Gaddaffi voluntarily gave up his nuclear program and let the US in to remove his weapons after Bush made an example of Iraq. He feared they'd invade and institute regime change in Libya to if he gave them the excuse of WMD program.
Wanted to expand NATO to increase security and military influence.
At the time that U.S. military forces worldwide go to DEFCON 3 and encourage all NATO forces to do the same. Supreme NATO Commander Norstad, however, refuses to do so. General Norstad was scheduled to relinquish his NATO command on Nov. 1, 1962, but the Cuban missile crisis that October prompted NATO to ask him to stay in the post until early in 1963. As the crisis deepened, the U.S. went to DEFCON 2 for the first time in history. On October 28, 1962, the United States sends instructions to its NATO allies that military actions to attack Cuba are imminent. At the height of nuclear brinkmanship between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., Kennedy agrees to dedicate part of his nuclear arsenal to NATO. Khrushchev the same day broadcasts on Radio Moscow, effectively ends the missile crisis.
Vladimir Putin disagrees with NATO because he thinks Nuclear Arms are beneficial to the Russian Federation and it's people.
The most likely answer is the USSR. However in that time period they had about a tenth as many nuclear bombs as the US and much fewer bombers to deliver them, so they were deterred by the fear of a strategic nuclear counter attack, that they could not respond to.