The Security of the South Atlantic: Is It a Case for 'SATO'--South Atlantic Treaty Organization

• Main Author: Lessa, Luiz S.
• Other Authors: ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1982
• Subjects: Government and Political Science; *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; FOREIGN POLICY; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NATIONAL SECURITY; NATURAL RESOURCES; POLITICAL ALLIANCES; THESES; NAVAL OPERATIONS; TREATIES; NATIONAL DEFENSE; BALANCE OF POWER; STRATEGIC MATERIALS; STRATEGIC AREAS; EAST WEST RELATIONS; *SATO(SOUTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION); *SOUTH ATLANTIC AREA; Lanes; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADB067944; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADB067944

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...