Which of the following represents the initial reason why nato was formed?
a: to provide for the mutual defense of any member nation against an attack by a non-member
b: to form an agreement between western democracies never to declare war on each other
c: to stop the united states from interfering in the rebuilding of european nations' militaries
d: to force the soviet union to form the warsaw pact for common defense of communist nations

The correct answer is A. To provide for the mutual defense of any member nation against an attack by a non-member

Explanation:

The Nort Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO is basically an alliance created in 1949 between different European and North American countries that agreed on collective defense if one of the members is attacked by an external country, organization or any other non-member. This means the 29 countries that belong to the NATO will defend each other from an external attack during history the NATO has intervened in different cases including the September 11 attacks through the International Security Assistance Force with troops from different countries of the NATO and the Kosovo Intervention. The previous implies the reason why the NATO was formed was to provide the mutual defense of any member nation against an attack by a non-member.