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Author White, Philip.

Title Our supreme task : how Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech defined the Cold War alliance / Philip White.

Publication Info. New York : PublicAffairs, [2012]
©2012

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  327.4 WHITE    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department  327.4107 WH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xiii, 289 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The black dog: Churchill at the final wartime conference in Potsdam -- Determination of another kind: Bullet McCluer and the mission of Westminster College -- A date is set: Harry Truman and Winston Churchill accept -- Finding a kettle drum: the speech takes shape -- Preparation in earnest: a banner day in Fulton history -- A message to a baffled world: Churchill's speech calls for sharp focus -- The new Missouri Gang: final preparation on the long journey -- "C-T day": welcome to Fulton -- "The sinews of peace" -- A firebrand: reactions to Churchill's message around the world.
Subject World politics -- 1945-1989.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965. Sinews of peace.
ISBN 9781610390590 hardcover
1610390598 hardcover
9781610390606 electronic
1610390601 electronic
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