Week 1- Origins of The Cold War
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This week we examined the origins of the Cold War.
The whole of the classic BBC documentary series 'Cold War' is available on You Tube. Here is the first episode:
For next week, please watch this one:
These episodes contain amazing footage and interviews.
ReplyDeleteAfter our session last week I was interested in the phrase 'Iron Curtain' and have since learnt that a) an iron curtain was originally a fire-proofing feature of theatres b) several other people had used it in it's popular context prior to Churchill and c) Chruchill had already used it in a House of Commons speech before he used it in Fulton. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Curtain