abbreviation for
North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. An international
organization, begun in 1949. Members have pledged to settle disputes among themselves peacefully, and to defend one another against outside aggressors.
Member nations
include Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland,
Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, the United
States, Greece, Spain, Turkey and
West Germany and
France.
—SHSBC Binder 3 Approved Glossary