Sinews of Peace

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Sinews of Peace is the 1946 speech by Winston Churchill, delivered in Fulton, Missouri, that famously introduced the term "Iron Curtain" to describe the division of postwar Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf political speech
speech
alternativeTitle Iron Curtain
surface form: Iron Curtain speech
associatedWithPerson President Harry S. Truman
surface form: Harry S. Truman
audience American public
students and faculty of Westminster College
author Winston Churchill
calledFor firm Western response to Soviet policies
strengthening of the United Nations
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
date 1946-03-05
deliveredAt Westminster College
genre oratory
hasInfluenceOn Cold War rhetoric
Western foreign policy discourse
hasMainMetaphor Iron Curtain
historicalPeriod early Cold War
hostCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
introducedTerm Iron Curtain
language English
mediaType live speech
mentions Belgrade
Berlin
Bucharest
Budapest
Moscow
Prague
Sofia
Vienna
notableFor advocating a close partnership between the United Kingdom and the United States
popularizing the phrase "Iron Curtain" for the division of Europe
warning about Soviet influence in Eastern Europe
partOf Winston Churchill
surface form: Winston Churchill's postwar speeches
placeOfSpeech Fulton, Missouri
politicalOrientation anti-communism
relatedEvent beginning of the Cold War
significance marker of the emerging division between East and West in Europe
speaker Winston Churchill
subject Anglo-American relations
Cold War
Soviet expansion
United Nations
collective security
postwar Europe
subsequentPublication printed text
title Sinews of Peace self-link
year 1946

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Iron Curtain notableSpeech Sinews of Peace
Sinews of Peace title Sinews of Peace self-link