Churchill's Cold War: The 'Iron Curtain' Speech That Shaped the Postwar World - Hardcover

Philip White

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 071564307X ISBN 13: 9780715643075

Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Company, 2012

Synopsis

The Iron Curtain speech delivered by Winston Churchill at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri in March 1946 was to define the threat posed by the totalitarian Communist East in the aftermath of the Second World War and influence western policy throughout the Cold War. Focusing on the months between the Potsdam summit in July 1945 and the Fulton speech, Philip White traces the genesis of the speech in Churchills astute assessment of Stalins intentions and Soviet ambitions for the future.

About this title

About the Author:

Philip White was born in England where his interest in Churchill and British history began with family accounts of London in the Blitz. He now lives with his wife and sons in Kansas City, in the American Midwest, the location of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech, which is the subject of his first book. As a journalist in the United States he has contributed to publications including Relevant and Nylon magazine in New York.

Review:

Well researched and documented ... an illuminating book * Times Literary Supplement * White conjures atmosphere beautifully. Here is a detailed account of the place where the speech was given, and the timbre of the times. Books of this kind depend upon prose and pacing, and White has produced a gloriously readable account * Daily Telegraph *

About this edition

• Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 071564307X
• ISBN 13: 9780715643075
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288