Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech Fifty Years LaterJames W. Muller "Opening with the full text of the address Churchill delivered in Fulton and concluding with Margaret Thatcher's fiftieth-anniversary address surveying the challenges facing Western democracies in this post-cold war climate, the book brings together essays that reflect on the past fifty years, recognizing Churchill's speech as a carefully conceived herald of the cold war for the Western democracies. |
Contents
Mr Churchill Goes to Fulton | 15 |
The Beginning of the Cold | 49 |
Moral Principle and Realistic Judgment | 77 |
A Philosophy of International Politics | 93 |
True Politics and Strategy | 129 |
Rhetorical Statesmanship | 139 |
New Threats for | 151 |
Contributors and Credits | 169 |
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