At first Russia scarcely seemed to notice Winston Churchill's historic challenge to Soviet expansion. Then suddenly, eight days later, the Moscow radio blared forth. Joseph Stalin, in an interview with Pravda, made one of the bitterest peace time attacks by one statesman upon another.
Though Churchill was the target, the words hit all the West. Stalin knew that the Churchill speech, even though it was far too strong for many, would crystallize confused public opinion in the democracies.
In his counterattack Stalin had two purposes: 1) to play upon every nation's dread of war; and 2) to promote the Soviet hierarchy's...
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