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(a) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was an essential defensive organization against Communist aggression and a successful step towards European and trans-Atlantic co-operation. Shortly after the Berlin Blockade was lifted, NATO was formed. (A People and a Nation). (b) The United States had committed herself to a military alliance in peace time for the first time in her history ' From 1949 onwards, a large number of American troops was stationed in Western Europe. For the next 20 years, her allies could call for American military assistance. This marked an end of the isolationist policy which had always been upheld by the United States. (c) In response to the formation of the NATO, Russia formed the Warsaw Pact. Citation of (a)-(c): "http:/www.thecorner.org/hist/europe/coldwar.htm" They countered the Soviets WARSAW Pact; part of the military stand-off (cold war).

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