After World War II ended, the threat of communism captured the attention of both North America and Western Europe. A military operations group --called the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)-- was formed to shield Western Europe from the communistic Eastern Europe. NATO benefited for its members in four ways: it provided the defenses of all members in case an ally was attacked; it kept a spot for the U.S. in Europe; it helped …showed first 75 words of 807 total…

…showed last 75 words of 807 total…philosophers of the world began to feel the need for such an organization. Pierre Teille du Jardin wrote of one world kept in peace by a strong international force. By 1040 the leaders of the world brought that dream to reality and NATO became real. A strong international agency, such as NATO, can bring about stability throughout all of Europe, leading to stability throughout the world, and only through enlargement can this stability occur more efficiently.