Description of what happened when he gave the speech that i thought it was important to put that the beginning of the book. Did you ever think of what he called that the iron curtain . There is a long story. It is a theatrical term. There was an iron curtain theaters used to use to prevent fires. Churchill used it first in private. You know why . It was a favor for truman. That is where truman was from. Lets get a slice of that speech. An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and Eastern Europe berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. All of these famous cities and the population around them lying in rubble lie under the soviet sphere. Why did you want to talk about this . I was inspired in my first book, and while this is in no way a sequel it represents thoughts i had. One thing i got interested in is the question why no people went along with it. What is the mentality . What are institu
Over and throw people back. It was not entirely as satisfying moment. I discovered as we were sitting there that east german politburo was trying to decide what to do about these people sitting on the wall and should they start shooting . It could have ended differently. I am going to run an interview with your husband. His name is . Roddick. You have been defense minister for how long . Six weeks. Prior to that you have been living in the states for several years. Three years. I have been with the ministry before i was a deputy. Here in washington you are known as mr. Anne applebaum. I am proud to be married to anne. Seven years ago. He looks so young. Does he look that young today . He looks wonderful. What does that mean that he is now a minister of poland . How does that figure into your interested . It does not figure in directly. I have a background in knowledge i would not have otherwise. He does not influence me in a direct way. He is not sitting with me in the archives while i
You know why . It was a favor for truman. That is where truman was from. Lets get a slice of that speech. An iron curtain has descended across the continent. Behind that line, like all the capitals of the ancient states of central and Eastern Europe berlin, prague, vienna, budapest, belgrade, bucharest. All of these famous cities and the population around them lying lie under the soviet sphere. Why did you want to talk about this . I was inspired in my first book, and while this is in no way a sequel it represents thoughts i had. One thing i got interested in is the question why no people went along with it. What is the mentality . What are institutional pressures . Why do camp guard do what they are told to do . I decided to write about this period right after world war ii, because it was a time the soviet union had reached a height, there was an apotheosis of stalinism. It was reinforced by the experience of the war. By 1945, it was a fully developed system with an economic theory an
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