C. Rome was located on the western coast of the Italian peninsula.
Out of 59 nations then in the UN, 48 offered aid or troops to help defend South Korea. Seven non-UN members also sent aid.
NATO was designed to improve on the alliances of the past and to modernize the alliance system in light of the threat of nuclear power. The idea of collective security meant that war could trigger alliances linked on social, political and economic and ideological frameworks as well as a deterrent in terms of nuclear power.
