NATO BURDEN SHARING The NATO Alliance(North Atlantic Treaty Organization), founded in April 1949, dealt with many difficulties building a defense during peace time in order to put the Soviet Union at a political disadvantage. With an increase in Soviet military capabilities during the 60’s and 70’s the threat of nuclear war increased. This caused the NATO organization to face many economic and social costs in an effort to maintain sufficient deterrence of aggression in Europe. …showed first 75 words of 1640 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1640 total…for negotiations said, “We must compete with the Soviet Union to protect freedom, but we must also search for cooperation to protect mankind.” meaning that with an open mind, and the desire first to resolve a conflict on peaceful terms, then a there is not much of a need for a military defense, or nuclear arms, however without the desire to initially resolve a conflict through cooperation, we may have greater problems on our hands.