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Military alliances involving the United States
- NATOThe North Atlantic Treaty Organization began its life on the 4th of April 1949 when twelve nations signed a document in Washington.
- PactomaniaA 1955 article in The New York Times introduced the word Pactomania to describe a specific historical period. This term captured the intense activity of…
- ANZUSThe Australia, New Zealand, United States Security Treaty emerged from a moment of profound anxiety in the Pacific. Following the fall of Singapore during…
- Allies of World War IIn 1907, the United Kingdom and Russia signed an agreement that complemented existing pacts between three major European powers.
- Allies of World War IIOn the 1st of September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and the world shifted into a state of total war. The League of Nations had been established after World…
- Southeast Asia Treaty OrganizationJohn Foster Dulles stood at the center of a diplomatic storm in September 1954. He negotiated the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty in Manila…