Security of the South Atlantic: is it a case for "SATO" - South Atlantic Treaty Organization?

• Main Author: Lessa, Luiz G. S.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College 1982
• Subjects: South Atlantic Ocean; International relations; Economics; Analysis; National security; Natural resources; Alliances; Naval operations; Treaties; National defense; Balance of power; Strategic planning; Lanes
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll2/id/1774

The growing dependence of the industrialized nations on the South Atlantic area, whose value was sufficiently proved during both world wars, increased considerably the importance of this strategic region to the security of the West, since through its sea-lanes flows a large amount of the raw materia...