From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

From behind the Iron Curtain, there are signs that tyranny is in trouble and reminders that its structure is as brittle as its surface is hard.

If the German people lay down their weapons, the Soviets, according to the agreement between Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, would occupy all of East and Southeast Europe along with the greater part of the Reich. An iron curtain would fall over this enormous territory controlled by the Soviet Union, behind which nations would be slaughtered.

I spent a lot of time behind the Iron Curtain, and their cars were abysmal.

From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the Continent.

I don't want to live in a militarised country behind an iron curtain. It's boring. Been there and seen the movie. I've done that.