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.
Statements (47)
| 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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