NATO and the Warsaw Pact

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NATO and the Warsaw Pact

• Nick Burrows and Whitney Ellison

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Thesis

• NATO and the Warsaw Pact both prevented the Cold
  War from being a hot war because of the large
  military alliances that the treaties formed,
  which caused military and political fear between
  the US and USSR.

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization About

• Written April 4, 1949
• Agreement made between USA, Canada, Greenland,
  Portugal, Great Britain, France, Italy, Ireland
  and West Germany
• Military alliance against Soviet Union
• DEMOCRACY!!
• Peace, justice, security
• Prevent war among nations

Map of NATO and Warsaw Pact Countries
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Causes

• Fear of Soviet army
• Communism vs. democracy
• German problem West and East Germany
• Possible nuclear bombs in Soviet Union

New York Times Newspaper Headline
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Effects

• Spreading democracy
• Warsaw Pact!
• Tension between US and USSR
• Yugoslavia/Bosnia Civil War

The Official NATO Flag
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Warsaw Pact About and Causes

• Response to NATO
• Signed May 14, 1955
• Military alliance between USSR, Hungary, Albania,
  Bulgaria, East Germany, Poland, Romania, and
  Czechoslovakia
• Fear of nuclear bombs in US
• COMMUNISM!!
• USSR ? used it for total control

Warsaw Pact Nations
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Effects

• Fell apart around 1989
• Rebellions among countries (Czech Republic)
• Used military action to quell rebellions in
  Warsaw Pact nations
• USSR economy ? unstable
• USSR ? political issues
• No longer in existence

Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
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Military and Political Fears

• Nuclear bombs in both USSR and US
• Communism vs. Democracy
• Large military alliances
• 8 Warsaw Pact countries
• 9 NATO countries
• Rebellions among Warsaw Pact nations
• Red Scare in US ? communism scare

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So

• NATO
• BIG military alliance
• Democracy love
• Bosnia/Yugoslavia
• Peace, justice, security
• US had nuclear bombs

• Warsaw Pact
• BIG military alliance
• Communism love
• Rebellions among countries? fell apart
• USSR used it for total domination!
• USSR had nukes too

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Works Cited

• Associated Press. An Eastern NATO. New York
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  Mission Conflict Prevention in the Struggles for
  Ethnic Self-determination. Review of Central and
  East European Law Apr. 2004 247-257. Opposing
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Works Cited

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  Apr. 1949. The Avalon Project. 1996. Yale Law
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  ?avalon/?nato.htmgt.
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