There are many ways to get a feel for the events of the 20th Century. One way is through the analysis of primary source documents.Churchill believes the Soviet Union desires the fruits of war and the indefinite expansion of their power and doctrines. How might those expansionist desires challenge the Western principle of national political self determination, a cause it championed during World War 2?
In his speech, Churchill asserts There is nothing they (the Russians) admire so much as strength, and nothing for which they have less respect for than military weakness. If he isnt advocating a direct military confrontation with the Soviet Union, then what is he saying?
Churchill delivered this speech to an American audience, but after reading it one might conclude it could have been given in any western country. Why did he pick the US?