The Sinews of Peace is the lesser-known alternate title of the",Iron Curtain Speech", delivered at Westminster College in 1946where Churchill championed the idea of a",fraternal association", between people of the English-speaking world to preserve the spirit of military and political cooperation forged during the war. President Truman had been present at that speech, and some believed Churchill was suggesting a formal alliance.

This collection contains the first and perhaps most significant of Churchills speeches delivered immediately after the war. Within them, its easy to see the common theme of European unity and cooperation Churchill is proposingincluding a partnership between Germany and France. Europe did grow toward a more unified wholea result perhaps influenced in no small amount by the words contained within these pages.