Day: December 28, 2014

Emergence of Third World and Non-alignment: Part I  Third World The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO, or the Communist Bloc. selfstudyhistory.com First use of the term Third World: French demographer and historian Alfred Sauvy, in 1952, coined the term Third World, referring to […]

Unification of Europe: Post War Foundations: NATO- Part I The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance based on the North Atlantic Treaty. Its headquarters are in Brussels, Belgium. selfstudyhistory.com It has 29 member states across North America and Europe, the newest of which is Montenegro. 12 […]