The Legacy of Churchill

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The Legacy of Churchills Sinews of Peace Speech
1946-1989
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The Sinews of Peace Winston Churchill

• To what extent did Winston Churchills Sinews of
  Peace speech define the Cold War?
• What was the goal of Churchills speech?
• What is the tone of his speech?
• Identify passages that indicate Churchills views
  on peace and war

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Stalins Response

• How does Stalin describe Winston Churchill?
• What does he say are Churchills 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?

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The Truman Doctrine

• 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 Churchills speech

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The Berlin Airlift

• Research the Berlin Airlift at the following web
  site http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/stu
  dy_collections/berlin_airlift/large/docs.php?actio
  ndocs
• Identify the actions of the Soviet Union that led
  to President Trumans decision
• Place the Berlin Airlift in the context of the
  Cold War
• Assess the extent to which it demonstrates
  Winston Churchills description of the iron
  curtain in his Sinews of Peace speech

http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/BERLIN_A/
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Towards a Strategy of Peace

• 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 Churchills description of
  the iron curtain in his Sinews of Peace speech

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Gorbachevs Speech to the UN

• 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 Churchills description of
  the iron curtain in his Sinews of Peace speech

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Tear Down That Wall

• 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 Churchills description of
  the iron curtain in his Sinews of Peace speech

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Cold War Websites

• The History Place - World War Two in Europe
  Timeline
• http//www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_col
  lections/berlin_airlift/large/docs.php?actiondocs