The Vandenberg Resolution (1948) was crucial to the creation of NATO because it:
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Correct answer: Authorized the U.S. to enter into a peacetime military alliance
The resolution provided the constitutional and political 'green light' from the Senate for the U.S. to join a collective defense treaty. It was a rare moment of bipartisan cooperation during the early Cold War.
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