Download or read book The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 1948-1957 written by John C. Milloy and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2006-03-22 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During NATO's formative years, its leadership tried to develop an economic, social, and political role for the organization in an effort to transform it into a community of nations. Using material from Canadian, American, French, and British archives, John Milloy analyses these unsuccessful attempts to develop NATO's non-military potential.