Charles Gati Quotes


NATO – No Action Talk Only


Context

He was referring to NATO in Post WWII Europe.


Citations

Charles Gati, Historian & Senior Adviser, U.S. Department of State, Lecture, Hungarian Embassy, Washington DC, September 20, 2006

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