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Lessons in Statecraft: “The Sinews of Peace” Webcast
March 5, 2022 @ 11:00 AM
You Are Cordially Invited to a Special Webcast
on the Anniversary of Winston Churchill’s
“The Sinews of Peace” Address
What: Lessons in Statecraft: “The Sinews of Peace” Webcast
When: 11 a.m. CST Saturday, March 5, 2022
Where: Via Livestream – Register Online
A special webcast commemorating the anniversary of Winston Churchill’s “The Sinews of Peace” address at Westminster College on March 5, 1946, will take place at 11 a.m. on March 5, 2022.
Timothy Riley, the Sandra L. and Monroe E. Trout Director and Chief Curator of America’s National Churchill Museum, will join special guests to examine Churchill’s positions on the United Nations, post-war military preparedness, the “special relationship,” and the legacy of the “iron curtain” in today’s geopolitical climate.
Heralded as one of Churchill’s most significant post-war speeches, “The Sinews of Peace,” otherwise known as the “Iron Curtain” speech, is remembered today for the phrase “an iron curtain has descended across the continent,” which served as a warning about the “expansive and proselytizing tendencies” of Soviet Russia.
This webcast will explore the fundamental question: “Did the ‘Iron Curtain’ speech provide a blueprint for how the United States and its allies would ultimately wage, and arguably win, the Cold War?”
This program is made possible, in part, by the Edwin Malloy Jr. Endowment for America’s National Churchill Museum.
The webcast is free and open to the public, but registration is requested.
For more information, please visit America’s National Churchill Museum.
A special VIP Virtual Q&A with the webcast host and special guests will take place immediately following the event. Details can be found on the registration site.
