1977 London summit

{{Short description|1977 NATO summit meeting in London, England}}

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| summit_name = London summit

| caption = Map of NATO members

| country = United Kingdom

| dates = 10–11 May 1977

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The 1977 London summit was the 4th NATO summit bringing the leaders of member nations together at the same time. The formal sessions and informal meetings in London took place on 10–11 May 1977.[http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html#agendas NATO summit meetings] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110914152244/http://www.nato.int/issues/summits/index.html |date=2011-09-14 }} This event was only the fifth meeting of the NATO heads of state following the ceremonial signing of the North Atlantic Treaty on 4 April 1949.Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mwYQSw00m8EC&pg=PA223#PPA101,M1 The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination, p. 101.]

Background

In this period, the organization faced unresolved questions concerned whether a new generation of leaders would be as committed to NATO as their predecessors had been.

Notes

References

Thomas, Ian Q.R. (1997). [https://books.google.com/books?id=mwYQSw00m8EC The promise of alliance: NATO and the political imagination.] Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. {{ISBN|978-0-8476-8581-3}}; {{OCLC|36746439}}