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The Legacy of Churchill’s
Sinews of Peace Speech
1946-1989
“The Sinews of Peace”
Winston Churchill
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To what extent did Winston
Churchill’s Sinews of Peace
speech define the Cold War?
What was the goal of
Churchill’s speech?
What is the tone of his
speech?
Identify passages that
indicate Churchill’s views on
peace and war
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Stalin’s Response
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How does Stalin describe
Winston Churchill?
What does he say are
Churchill’s aims in his
speech?
Why does Stalin compare
Churchill to Hitler? To
what effect?
What does he say is the
goal of the Soviet Union?
http://library.usu.edu/Specol/digitalexhibits/
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The Truman Doctrine
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Why does Truman want Congress
to go to the aid of Greece? Turkey?
What does he want Congress to do?
Why does Truman say the United
Nations can not help?
According to Truman, what is the
significance of the geographic
location of Greece and Turkey?
What does Truman say will happen if
the United States does not intervene?
Find passages that reflect the ‘iron
curtain’ imagery of Churchill’s speech
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The Berlin Airlift
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Research the Berlin Airlift at the following web
site:
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/berlin_airlif
t/large/docs.php?action=docs
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Identify the actions of the Soviet Union that led
to President Truman’s decision
Place the Berlin Airlift in the context of the Cold
War
Assess the extent to which it demonstrates
Winston Churchill’s description of the iron
curtain in his “Sinews of Peace” speech
Towards a Strategy of Peace
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Define what peace means to
President Kennedy
How does Kennedy describe
American attitudes towards the
Soviet Union?
What do Americans and Soviets
have in common, according to
Kennedy?
Describe the line that Kennedy
draws in his quest for peace.
Assess the extent to which this
speech demonstrates Winston
Churchill’s description of the iron
curtain in his “Sinews of Peace”
speech
http://www.lib.msu.edu/vincent/findaids/kennedy.jpg
Gorbachev’s Speech to the UN
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Describe the world that Gorbachev
sees as emerging in 1988
What are some of the revolutionary
changes that Gorbachev describes?
What else does he say needs to be
done? Why?
How has the relationship between
the United States and the Soviet
Union changed over five and a half
decades?
Assess the extent to which this
speech demonstrates Winston
Churchill’s description of the iron
curtain in his “Sinews of Peace”
speech
http://pac.nevada.edu/PACINFO/gorbachev_mikhail(300).jpg
“Tear Down That Wall”
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Why does Reagan say he is drawn to
Berlin?
What has the Berlin wall represented
since it was erected?
How has West Berlin changed since
1947, according to Reagan? Why does he
emphasize these changes?
How does he describe life in Eastern
Europe by comparison?
What changes does he say are happening
in Eastern Europe?
What does Reagan hope will happen as a
result of his speech?
Assess the extent to which this speech
demonstrates Winston Churchill’s
description of the iron curtain in his
“Sinews of Peace” speech
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:
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Cold War Websites
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The History Place - World War Two in
Europe Timeline
http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistle
stop/study_collections/berlin_airlift/l
arge/docs.php?action=docs