POST WAR WORLD 1946 1959
THE DESCENT OF THE IRON CURTAIN
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It was a headline printed by William Randolph Hearst to describe Soviet policies.
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It was a metaphor used by Winston Churchill to describe Soviet isolation from the west.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -It was Churchill who coined the term Iron Curtain in a 1946 speech he delivered in Missouri. It refers to the fact that Eastern Europe was more or less controlled by the Soviet Union. The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance established in 1955 between the Soviet Union and numerous Eastern Bloc states.
Detailed explanation-2: -In its earliest use, circa 1794, an “iron curtain” was a literal iron screen that would lowered in a theater to protect the audience and auditorium from any fire occurring backstage. From there, it became a general metaphor for an impenetrable barrier.
Detailed explanation-3: -The term “iron curtain” was the symbol Churchill used to denote the separation of Europe into two rival camps. On one side of the iron curtain were the democracies of western Europe while on the other side were the totalitarian countries of central and eastern European that were dominated by the Soviet Union. 7.
Detailed explanation-4: -The term symbolizes the efforts by the Soviet Union (USSR) to block itself and its satellite states from open contact with the West, its allies and neutral states.