Our Supreme Task How Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech Defined the Cold War Alliance |
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| Author:
| White, Philip |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61039-243-3 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2013 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $21.99 |
Book Description:
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In 1946, in the midst of global turmoil and after being voted out of office, Winston Churchill made a trip to the unlikely venue of Fulton, Missouri, to deliver an address now known as the Iron Curtain Speech, which defined the dangers of totalitarian Communism. This is the story of that pivotal speech, the college president who made it happen, and the irrepressible man who delivered it.
In 1946, in the midst of global turmoil and after being voted out of office, Winston Churchill made a trip to the unlikely venue of Fulton, Missouri, to deliver an address now known as the Iron Curtain Speech, which defined the dangers of totalitarian Communism. This is the story of that pivotal speech, the college president who made it happen, and the irrepressible man who delivered it.