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The Cold War: The Iron Curtain (1945-1947)

March 4, 2012
Beginnings of the Cold War
Clement Atlee
Clifford-Elsey Report
Cold War
Containment
Fulton
Great Britain
Harry Truman
Iron Curtain
Kennan
Missouri
Soviet Union
United States
Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill: “From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent.” This now famous speech outlined what Churchill called the Soviet sphere of influence in Europe. Unlike after World War I, it was clear that the United States would not be allowed to languish in the […]