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The United States and the Origins of NATO 1946–1949

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 August 2009

Lawrence A. Kaplan
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Nato has been a phenomenon in international relations. It is unlike most multinational organizations of the past in that it has survived for a generation, and it has thereby fulfilled, at least, the minimal expectations of its founding fathers. Even more phenomenal for Americans has been the identification of the United States with an idea, a particular group of nations, and an organization which were all repugnant to a tradition that specifically isolated America from Europe. The origins of the North Atlantic Treaty are inextricably linked with the rediscovery of Europe by the United States.

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Research Article
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The Review of Politics , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1969 , pp. 210 - 222
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Copyright © University of Notre Dame 1969

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