https://peopleandmind.com/tags/cold-war/Recent content in Cold War on PeopleAndMindHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usSat, 21 Mar 2026 15:11:06 +0000https://peopleandmind.com/2026/03/churchills-iron-curtain-speech-the-psychology-behind-history/Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:11:06 +0000https://peopleandmind.com/2026/03/churchills-iron-curtain-speech-the-psychology-behind-history/What Happened Churchill’s March 1946 speech at Westminster College introduced the phrase “iron curtain” to describe Soviet control over Eastern Europe, delivered before President Harry Truman and a small audience in Missouri. The 71-year-old former prime minister warned that Communist parties were seeking “totalitarian control” across Europe and called for Anglo-American unity to counter Soviet expansion. However, the psychological story behind this historic moment is far more complex than the decisive rhetoric suggests.