Abstract
Origin and History. On 4 April 1949 the foreign ministers of Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the UK and the USA signed the North Atlantic Treaty, establishing the Atlantic Alliance. In 1952, Greece and Turkey acceded to the Treaty; in 1955, came the Federal Republic of Germany, and in 1982 Spain, bringing the total to 16 member nations in Jan. 1998.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Further Reading
Carr, F. and Ifantis, K., NATO in the New European Order. London, 1996
Cook, D., The Forging of an Alliance. London, 1989
Heller, F. H. and Gillingham, J. R. (eds.) NATO: the Founding of the Atlantic Alliance and the Integration of Europe. London, 1992
Smith, J. (ed.) The Origins of NATO. Exeter Univ. Press, 1990
Williams, P., North Atlantic Treaty Organization. [Bibliography]. Oxford and New Brunswick (NJ), 1994
Editor information
Copyright information
© 1998 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Turner, B. (1998). North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271272_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271272_5
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-0-333-69445-9
Online ISBN: 978-0-230-27127-2
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)