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North Atlantic Treaty Organization. 

Source:
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Author(s):
Lawrence S. KaplanLawrence S. Kaplan, Paul S. BoyerPaul S. Boyer

On 4 April 1949, the United States signed a treaty of alliance with eleven Western European nations, thereby creating the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and ending a long tradition of nonentanglement in Europe's political and military affairs.... ...

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