The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was founded after WW II with the aim of strengthening the capacity of a war-devastated Europe to defend member states against a Soviet Union which was rapidly consolidating itself under Communism and increasing its military power. ... Today, with no easily defined enemy, NATO has to reinterpret its general aim of safeguarding the freedom of its members by promoting stability in the Euro-Atlantic area and beyond. ...

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The word treaty is defined in Webster's dictionary as "negotiation; agreement between two or more nations". ... Finally, Lloyd George, the British Prime Minister, was fearful that the spread of Communism throughout the continent of Europe would endanger the island of Britain as well. ...

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This instability and public disillusionment meant support for radical groups with defined aims grew. ... For many Fascism offered a more profitable alternative to communism, for nationalists (like World War One veterans) Mussolini offered a new more powerful Italy, unified with the Mediterranean. ...

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