Pactomania

thumb|Harry S. Truman|Harry Truman signing the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949

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Encyclopedic overview

17 sections

Contents

End of isolationism
John Foster Dulles
Significant alliances and events
United Nations (1945)
Rio Pact (1947)
Marshall Plan (1948)
Vandenburg Resolution (1948)
NATO (1948)
ANZUS (1951)
Treaty of Peace with Japan and US-Japan Security Treaty (1951)
US-Republic of the Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty (1951)
US-Republic of Korea Mutual Defense Treaty (1953)
SEATO (1954)
Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty (1954)
METO (1955)
See also
References

thumb|Harry S. Truman|Harry Truman signing the North Atlantic Treaty, 1949

Pactomania is a term originally created to describe the period between 1945 and 1955, during which the United States concluded or ratified a significant amount of alliances, treaties, and pacts. The word "Pactomania" was first used in a The New York Times article in 1955.

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