...as well as a system of collective security, followed the Soviet blockade of Berlin (June 1948) with the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in April 1949. Although Germany was not part of the initial NATO alliance and did not join until 1954 (becoming a...

...formalize their relationship as well as to build on the need to contain communism contributed directly to the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in April 1949. At the heart of the North Atlantic Treaty is Article 5, which unequivocally links the United States...