International Relation: The Sinew Of Peace By Winston Churchill

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International Relation
Outline
I. Introduction
A. Setting of the speech
B. The time and period when the speech was made
C. Audience
II. Content
A. Europe is Divided
B. Communist Fifth Column
C. War is Not Inevitable
III. Insight of the Speech
IV. Conclusion
V. Bibliography

Introduction
“The Sinews of Peace”, was the heading of a speech given by Winston Churchill. In the audience there was the noticeable presence of President McClure. It was one of his supreme speeches, Iron Curtain, given by him as a British prime minister (Reynolds, 2006, pp. 250-252). The setting or rather the place of the occasion was in Fulton, Missouri, at the Westminster College.

The first part of the speech focuses on the fact that Europe is divided. He uses the term “iron curtain” to refer to the partitioning. At this point of time, Europe had been partitioned into Communist and non-Communist subjects of authority (Muller, 1999). In his speech, he argues that in order to prevent the stretching of the communist ideals, the Western democracies should first and for most pick up the initiative to control the communist movement. According to Churchill, there would be an occurrence of a calamity if they did not succeed in preventing the ideals. Churchill further supported his argument by linking the situation or rather comparing it with the World War II and the ways in which it would have been avoided without causing the loss of the many lives. He assumes that their energy put forth would be rendered futile if the communism stretched further. This is clearly brought out when he said, that that was surely not the unconventional Europe they had fought to put up. Neither was it the one which enclosed the fundamentals of everlasting tranquility. This clearly bestows us the notion that acquiring of peace would be impossible if communism existed.
The second part of the speech majorly focuses on the Communist Fifth Column. The Fifth Columns are representatives in a country who combine efforts with the Soviet to help in bringing transformation

He goes ahead to claim that war will not automatically come to pass, even if the condition is severe (due to the stretching of the Soviet Union). This is because the Russians are against the war. He believes the Soviets will attempt to pave the way for their welfare as much as possible without fighting. He thinks that the United States, Britain, the democracies and the Commonwealth should come together on the basis of common ground which is to create resistance against the Russians’ strategies, believing that this will form a basis for Russia to reassess its growth actions. Churchill also speaks for a restoration between Great Britain and the United States, as it was a great coalition during the time of war. He calls this treaty or rather alliance the “Special Relationship.” This coalition was of great meaning during World War II leading to their ultimate triumph. Churchill also believes that a very important energy will be established if a well-built bond is created between the Great Britain and the United States. This will create a fresh power to counter the expansion of the Soviet movement (Roberts, 2006, p.122). He believes that peace may be conserved and the progress of Russia blocked, if a familiar strategy is structured by the Western nations. Churchill’s most important worry is that the United States might go back to the guiding principle of isolationism which had once