Churchill - Iron curtain speech Flashcards
1
Q
What speech initiated the Cold War?
A
March 1946: ‘The Sinews of Peace.’
Fulton, Missouri, America
2
Q
Who had previously used the phrase ‘iron curtain’?
A
Sir James Cammell (Head of Britain’s military mission in Moscow)
Joseph Goebbels
3
Q
Who were ‘the iron curtain countries’?
A
Soviet-dominated countries in Eastern Europe
4
Q
Opinion of the Chicago Sun newspaper on speech?
A
‘poisonous’
5
Q
Where were there protesters?
A
Outside Churchill’s hotel in New York
6
Q
What did Churchill later write about his problematic speech?
A
“I made enquiries, both at the White House and at the State Department in order to learn whether certain topics would cause embarrassment, and having been assured that I could say what I liked, I devoted myself to the careful preparation of a speech.”
