80 years later, Churchill’s ‘Iron Curtain’ speech in Missouri still offers lessons • Missouri Independent

Events at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri will examine the legacy of Winston Churchill's 1946 "Iron Curtain" speech.

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#HarryTruman's arrogant #AtomicDiplomacy pushed the Soviets to develop #nuclear power, and weapons, as quickly as possible. Their first self-sustaining reaction began #ThisDayInHistory in 1946 in the F-1 research reactor in #Moscow, which broke records by operating for 70 years.
President #HarryTruman on #ThisDayInHistory in 1945 issued an #ExecutiveOrder granting priority in #asylum applications to #WWII refugees. Crucially, though, the national-origin quotas remained in effect, and arguably more German #fascists received asylum than victims of #Nazism.
.@.@andreaskluth namechecks #PaulCezanne, #HarryTruman, #PabloPicasso, #MeriwetherLewis, #EleanorRoosevelt & others as he tries to understand why a 2nd century BCE general did what he did & what it means for you. We review #HannibalAndMe: http://the-agency-review.com/hannibal-and-me @riverheadbooks
.@andreaskluth namechecks #PaulCezanne, #HarryTruman, #PabloPicasso, #MeriwetherLewis, #EleanorRoosevelt & others as he tries to understand why a 2nd century BCE general did what he did & what it means for you. We review #HannibalAndMe: http://the-agency-review.com/hannibal-and-me @riverheadbooks

Harry Truman modeled leadership on poker — strategy, pressure, and reading people. ♠️🔥

His famous line, “I will make it costly for you,” reflected a governing style shaped by the card table. 💬

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Harry Truman and the Politics of Poker

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The atomic bombings were a tragic but nearly unavoidable result of Japan’s refusal to surrender, the momentum of wartime technology, and the brutal logic of ending a devastating war quickly. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/08/07/japan/we-must-commemorate-hiroshima/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #japan #hiroshima #nagasaki #atomicbombings #wwii #us #harrytruman
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The anniversary is generating a wave of commemorations and renewing the arguments for and against the mission.

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