Discussion Questions On 'The Iron Curtain'
The Iron Curtain Speech
1) What Russian need does Churchill say ‘we understand’?
The Russian need to be secure on her western frontiers from all renewal of German aggression. We welcome her to her rightful place among the leading nations of the world.
2) How does Churchill describe the Polish government?
The Russian-dominated Polish government has been encouraged to make enormous and wrongful inroads upon Germany, and mass expulsion of millions of Germans on a scale grievous and undreamed of are now taking place.
3) What does Churchill claim the communist parties of Eastern Europe are seeking to do?
The Communists parties, which were very small in all these eastern states of Europe have been raised to pre-eminence and power far …show more content…
5) Of what does Churchill declare to be convinced ‘ from what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war?
He is convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness.
The Truman Doctrine
1) What did Truman tell Congress the United States had received from the Greek Governments?
The United States received from the Greek government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance.
2) What did the President declare threatened the very existence of the Greek state?
The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government’s authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries.
3) Why did the President believe it essential to maintain Turkey’s national integrity?
The future of Turkey as an independent and economically sound state.
4) List the two alternative ways of life the President declared ‘nearly every nation must choose …show more content…
He believes that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
The Marshall Plan
1) Why is the situation in Europe difficult for Americans to understand?
One difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. Furthermore, the people of this country are distant from the troubled areas of the earth and it is hard for them to comprehend the plight and consequent reactions of the long-suffering peoples, and the effect of those reactions on their governments in connection with our efforts to promote peace in the world.
2) What is Marshall’s ‘basis of modern civilisation’?
The farmer has always produced the foodstuffs to exchange with the city dweller for the other necessities of life. This division of labour is the basis of modern civilization.
3) What may occur in 3-4 years if the current situation
1) What Russian need does Churchill say ‘we understand’?
The Russian need to be secure on her western frontiers from all renewal of German aggression. We welcome her to her rightful place among the leading nations of the world.
2) How does Churchill describe the Polish government?
The Russian-dominated Polish government has been encouraged to make enormous and wrongful inroads upon Germany, and mass expulsion of millions of Germans on a scale grievous and undreamed of are now taking place.
3) What does Churchill claim the communist parties of Eastern Europe are seeking to do?
The Communists parties, which were very small in all these eastern states of Europe have been raised to pre-eminence and power far …show more content…
5) Of what does Churchill declare to be convinced ‘ from what I have seen of our Russian friends and allies during the war?
He is convinced that there is nothing they admire so much as strength, and there is nothing for which they have less respect than for military weakness.
The Truman Doctrine
1) What did Truman tell Congress the United States had received from the Greek Governments?
The United States received from the Greek government an urgent appeal for financial and economic assistance.
2) What did the President declare threatened the very existence of the Greek state?
The very existence of the Greek state is today threatened by the terrorist activities of several thousand armed men, led by Communists, who defy the government’s authority at a number of points, particularly along the northern boundaries.
3) Why did the President believe it essential to maintain Turkey’s national integrity?
The future of Turkey as an independent and economically sound state.
4) List the two alternative ways of life the President declared ‘nearly every nation must choose …show more content…
He believes that it must be the policy of the United States to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures.
The Marshall Plan
1) Why is the situation in Europe difficult for Americans to understand?
One difficulty is that the problem is one of such enormous complexity that the very mass of facts presented to the public by press and radio make it exceedingly difficult for the man in the street to reach a clear appraisement of the situation. Furthermore, the people of this country are distant from the troubled areas of the earth and it is hard for them to comprehend the plight and consequent reactions of the long-suffering peoples, and the effect of those reactions on their governments in connection with our efforts to promote peace in the world.
2) What is Marshall’s ‘basis of modern civilisation’?
The farmer has always produced the foodstuffs to exchange with the city dweller for the other necessities of life. This division of labour is the basis of modern civilization.
3) What may occur in 3-4 years if the current situation