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like what was he saying that and like what effect did it have on Europe and such thank youWww@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Winston Churchill was talking about the Cold War in Eastern Europe when he referred to the "Iron Curtain" in a well-known speech of 1946!. The end of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War are intertwined!. Stereotypical views of the origin of the Cold War either blame it on Stalinist aggression or take the "revisionist" view and blame it on aggressive American actions that led to Soviet responses!. These views share two failings: * They reduce the roles of the Balkan states, their leaders and their populations to that of pawns; and * They gloss over the significant differences in local events in the various Balkan states!. An approach to the early Cold War based on Balkan histories would look at the important decisions made by Balkan figures, and distinguish between events in the Balkan states, including those that did not become Soviet satellites!. Some historians say the Cold War began in 1917: in other words, that the Bolshevik seizure of power in Russia made global conflict with the West inevitable!. If so, events in the Balkans merely reflect decisions made in Moscow and Washington!. Such a view removes all responsibility from the Balkan peoples themselves!. Cold War analysts lump together the Communist Balkan states as "satellites" they ignore striking local differences in domestic and foreign policies!. This helps answer the second question: knowledge of local Balkan decisions fleshes out a definition of what the Cold War was, in a way that top-down generalizations cannot!. For example, Tito's success in defying Stalin sheds light on the failure of other leaders to escape Russian control!. Another example: the events that kept Greece out of the Communist Bloc shed light on the reasons why other states were pulled in!. Let's look at some characteristic events in the early history of the Cold War!. Events in Greece, 1944-1949 The Soviet seizure of power: Hungary The Tito-Stalin split of 1948 The Hungarian Revolution, 1956 First, evidence from the Balkans shows that the Cold War "began" over an extended period, as local and global governments came to terms with evolving conditions!. There was no blueprint drawn up in 1917 or even in 1945, and Cold War clashes took place at different times in different states!. Second, Balkan events support analyses of the Cold War that start with specific, unique, local events that took place across the Balkan region (or for that matter, across the world in other Cold War arenas)!. Too much is overlooked by the traditional, simplified view that begins at the top by examining events in Moscow and Washington, then selectively samples historic events and emphasize those that agree with sweeping generalizations!. Such an approach is apt to ignore awkward discrepancies such as British activity in Greece or Tito's successful deviation, because those developments undercut the conclusions!. Third, were the Balkan states doomed to fall under Russian control!? Once we know something about the actual events, the question itself has to be substantially revised, because only three of six Balkan states became Russian "satellites" in the traditional sense!. A closer examination of Cold War-era politics in most of the Balkan states makes it even harder to accept such generalizations, as Lectures 22 and 23 will show!. Nothing in history is fore-ordained!. On the other hand, the same forces that put the Balkan states under the influence of larger powers in the nineteenth century were at work in the middle of the twentieth, so that Russian control was hardly surprising!. Fourth, can we assign "blame" for the Cold War!? Anyone studying Communist tactics in the period 1944-48 will find plenty of blameworthy behavior!. On the other hand, there is scope to criticize the actions of Great Britain (and later the United States) as well: as is usually the case with Great Powers, the Cold War rivals pursued their own interests first and foremost while local states paid the price!. In any case, assigning blame is more of a parlor game than a historical exercise: the historian is better off trying to explain the factors responsible for decisions on both sides!. gatita_63109Www@QuestionHome@Com It was a famous speech by Churchill, where he said "From Stetin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent!." The whole speech is on YouTube, if you want to see it!. Churchill was, of course, referring to the Soviet Union's domination of Eastern Europe following World War II!. Basically, Europe was divided between the pro-US West, including West Germany, France, the UK, etc, and the Soviet-allied East, including East Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, etc!.Www@QuestionHome@Com http://www!.historyplace!.com/speeches/iro!.!.!. That should help!Www@QuestionHome@Com uh, wikipedia is great for thisWww@QuestionHome@Com |